Need help upgrading to Snow Leopard

OK...I'm finally ready to upgrade to Snow Leopard.
I am currently runninag a 2.4 ghz Intell iMac (late 2007), 4 gig ram runing OS 10.4.11.
I have purchased an external harddrive, and created a bootable clone of my existing 10.4.11 OS.
I also purchased a full Snow Leoperd box set...complete with iLife.
Now...my understanding is that there no longer is an "easy" option to erase-and-install, or archive-and-install, as the installation now does the installation automatically. (I understad that there is a manual wayto erase-and-install). From what I read, the installation will upgrade my OS, leaving any comaptable sprograms in tack, and moving incompatable programs to a non-active folder.
I currently have several programs that I know are not compatable with 10.6, specifially iLife 8, Quark 7, and Adobe CS3. I will installing the most current version of these programs once the OS has been updated.
I guess my question is...am I safe to just let the installer do the upgrade...keeping my existing software as it is...then try and install the newer versions of my software?
For example...iLife 8 will not work with 10.6. So...once I upgrade to 10.6 what will happen to iLife 8? Can I just install iLife 11 right overtop of iLife 8?
I guess...in the end...if something goes wrong I can always boot-up off of the 10.6 install disc and erase my HD and start from scratch...right?
Thanks for any help.

It looks like you're all set up, so go for it. The upgrade should work fine, and should manage your incompatible applications accordingly. There is no way to predict if a problem will arise, but you've got your bases covered if it does. If something goes awry then you have the clone that you can use to either restore your current installation, or use as a migration source after formatting and installing a fresh copy of Snow Leopard.

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