Mac OS 10.6 question

Hi, I would like to buy 10.6 when it comes out and i've gone to Apple's web site to see all the system requirements which I have a computer that it will work on. My questions it says the 29 dollar upgrade is just an upgrade not a full version so I am guessing I can't do a clean install. Would a good plan be just get the 169 dollar one with iLife and iWork and just pay the extra money for the full version. I am just confused on what version to get if anything goes wrong with my drive or I have to buy a bigger hard drive I don't want to have to install 10.5 then 10.6 over the top of it. Any advice would be great.

Until Snow Leopard is released no one knows for sure how the upgrade disk will function. However, having bought my MBP with Tiger 10.4 installed, just after the release of Leopard 10.5, I was granted an upgrade disk for Leopard. My choices were Upgrade, Archive & Install and Erase & Install. I chose upgrade. I do not know what would have happened if I chose Erase & Install. That said I can tell you I was only able to upgrade by having 10.4 installed. Your choice is your choice. I can't tell you how to spend your money.

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