Need help buying Snow Leopard.

Hi. I'm new to Apple in the sense of iPhone, iPad but only Windows on PC. Now, however, I want to swap over to Apple completely but the Apple site won't let me buy any OS's. Very confusing.

@mende1, that is 100% incorrect. I personally know someone who has a dual-boot sustem with Snow Leopard & Windows 7 on the same HDD so it is possible to do it. He's a professional DJ who uses Mac for work & Windows for games.
And call? I thought the who idea of online was so I didn't have to get stuck talking with an idiot who calls themselves a "Genius"?!

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