I have just updated my mac mini and am considering selling the old one.

My question is:
My old Mini came with Leopard 10.5.2 and I want to set it up with a clean install of Snow Leopard 10.6.3 from a retail disk and update from there to 10.6.8, so that I can sell it.
Can anyone tell me if I can reinstall the application bundles that came with the mini (iLife etc) from the original grey disks after re-installing Snow Leopard or do I have to install Leopard and upgrade to Snow Leopard afterwards.
Any info much appreciated.
Mark.

Suppose that would be better, I was thinking that I need to keep my SL Disk for my Macbook which I don't have a restore disk for, however as I have both time machine and a bootable back up and a bootable USB SL Drive for it, I don't really need the SL Disk any more.
Allows me to spend more time on the new one getting it how I wan't it.
Many thanks.
Mark.

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