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I have a MacBook running 10.4.11 (Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM) and a Mac Mini running 10.5.8 (Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM) and I would like to bring them both up to 10.6 Snow Leopard with the aim of then getting Lion. Would a 10.6 Family Pack work for this? Or do I need to do an intermediary step for the 10.4? I've found reference to a Mac Box Set, but cannot find it in the store.

wrighty_80 wrote:
I have a MacBook running 10.4.11 (Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM)
This one will likely have to be erased and 10.6 installed as it jumps over 10.5. (try anyway)
No free iLife on 10.6.3 disks.
Mac Mini running 10.5.8 (Intel Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM)
This can be upgraded directly to 10.6
I would like to bring them both up to 10.6 Snow Leopard with the aim of then getting Lion.
Problems are this.
Your machines barely make the specs for Lion and performance speaking, a bit dated
Lion reportly needs 4GB of RAM, 2GB is the minimum meaning a lot of disk swapping (Why is Lion so Slow?)
Lion will not run your older PPC/Rosetta based programs like 10.6 will
So unless your not using them for much, it doesn't make much sense investing in new software for old hardware.
Also third party programs and drivers for printers, scanners etc are not Lion ready all quite yet.
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
Snow Leopard has been tested to be a bit faster than Lion (and that was Lion 10.7.0, not 10.7.3)
If you upgrade to 10.7, you might as well buy new iLife programs
Other issues are with the 10.6.8 Security Update 2012-001 v 1.0 and possibly v 1.1, which you need to make sure NOT to apply before upgrading to Lion via the AppStore.
Also there are some very radical changes in Lion that might disturb you.
IMMO it would be better to keep the two dated machines on 10.6.8 (minus the Security Update 2012-001 v 1.0 & v1.1 until they are fixed) as this would be faster for older hardware, plenty of software and printer drivers etc all work.
Save Lion for a NEW hardware purchase and ease into it gradually, learning the "new" way Apple is doing things and buyiing new software as it becomes availalbe when it's updated. Having the older machines as 10.6 fall back machines.
Now about cost. You can buy two copies of 10.6 for $30 each, totaling $60, then download two copies of 10.7 from appstore and try to drag your old iLife programs along.
or you can buy $69 Lion USB key ONLY (no 10.6) erase and install directly, and buy new iLife copies from the Appstore.
With the Lion USB key, you can always install Lion yourself, without a Internet connection, but if you go via the AppStore your stuck always needing the Internet (good strong, fast and reliable) to redownload Lion from Apple's servers.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
With the key you also can install direclty on new hard drives too.
So there are your options.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD256Z/A

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