New Mac Mini didn't come with Snow Leopard.

Hi all. I went to the apple store today in Bethesda, MD and bought the $599 Mac Mini. On the site it says "Now Includes Snow Leopard" for the Minis, but this one I bought in the store doesn't have it and none of the DVDs it came with is an upgrade disc. It came with 10.5.6 installed.
Is this a mistake or did I buy old stock? Am I going to have to pay for software apple said the computer should come with?
I apologize if this is in the wrong section.
Thanks for any feedback!
Message was edited by: Brady Dague

Some +Snow Leopard+ users are having issues. Personally I'm going to take my time updating to Snow. It could be a blessing that you have 10.5.6.
10.5.6 is a more proven OS and most apps work with it (those that wanted to).
I would contact Apple, explain your situation, and maybe get the Snow upgrade disk for little or no money. It's actually cheap anyway at $29.00 anyway.
DALE

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