I have Mac OS X 10.5.8. How can I upgrade to Snow Leopard?

I can't find any information here.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Your machine is likely too dated to run 10.8 at all , or if it does will run slow.
It won't run your PPC based software or hardware drives for external hardware.
10.6 will run your PPC software and likely is best for that machine performance speaking, Software Update to 10.6.8 and stay there.
You better do your research first.
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Or else get this
Why is my computer slow?
and then have to do this
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or this
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2x2GB FBDIMM DDR2 667MHz @ $30
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http://www.amazon.com/Komputerbay-PC2-5300F-Buffered-FB-DIMM-Heatspreaders/dp/B0 05HIWD5U/
http://www.amazon.com/DDR2-800-PC2-6400-800MHz-Certified-MA970LLA/dp/B0085MGTEQ/
http://www.amazon.com/2008-PC2-6400-Buffered-FB-DIMM-MA970LL/dp/B007GB1I7K
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You may be using the original ATI 2600XT it shipped with? I would replace it with Apple's ATI 5770.
Also plan to start with a new TimeMachine backup set and leave the old one as is, you can reuse it later.
4GB is 'fine' but also is on the "I would not want to run with less" department.
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SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 128GB
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-7TE120BW/dp/B00E3 W15P0/
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