Possible to upgrade Leopard to Lion without SL?

My Macbook Air has Leopard 10.5.8.  Since OS X 10.7 Lion will be a Mac AppStore purchase, do i have to upgrade to Snow Leopard before i can upgrade to OS X Lion? Or will there be a way through Leopard?
Is it possible / legal to upgrade my MB Air using the Snow Leopard install discs that came with my iMac ?

Yes, buy the Lion DVD and install from DVD directly.

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    No.
    Upgrading to Snow Leopard, Lion, or Mountain Lion
    You can upgrade to Mountain Lion from Lion or directly from Snow Leopard. Mountain Lion can be downloaded from the Mac App Store for $19.99. To access the App Store you must have Snow Leopard 10.6.6 or later installed.
    You can purchase Snow Leopard by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service. The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will receive physical media - DVD - by mail.
    Third-party sources for Snow Leopard are:
    Snow Leopard from Amazon.com
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      2. MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
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      4. MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
      5. Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
      6. Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
      7. Xserve (Early 2009)
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    See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps - App compatibility and feature support for OS X & iOS.
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      3. 5GB of available disk space
      4. DVD drive for installation
      5. Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
      6. Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.
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    can I upgrade straight to lion without purchasing snow leopard if I am running on OS 10.5.8?

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       * Mac computer with an Intel processor
        * 1GB of memory (I say 2GB at least)
        * 5GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
        * DVD drive for installation
        * Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
        * Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.
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    http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/
    It looks like they do still have it:
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    If it's a core Duo & not a Core2Duo, then it'll only run in 32 bit mode.
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        •    x86-64 processor (Macs with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5, Intel Core i7, or Xeon processor.)
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        •    Latest version of Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.8), with the Mac App Store installed
        •    At least 4GB of disk space for downloading, (I say 40GB at least)
    Like Snow Leopard, Lion does not support PowerPC-based Macs (e.g., Power Macs, PowerBooks, iBooks, iMacs (G3-G5), eMacs).
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    Or, if you can afford to erase everything & spend $10 more than the 10.6 Disc & 10.7 from the App Store...
    Or if you can erase your disk...
    http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD256

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    how do i upgrade leopard to lion?

    First you would need to buy Snow leopard - call Apple to get an install disk. Then, since Lion is no longer availaable at the app store, you can place the order for that with Apple as well - they will email you a redemption code to use at the app store. So, you will need to install Snow Leopard, update it to the latest version (which includes the app store), and then go to the app store to redeem/download Lion.
    But...... first make sure your machine meets the requirements:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4949
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    Since I've installed Lion on my early 2009 model iMac, it runs really slow and sometimes is unresponsive. I'm thinking of reinstalling Snow Leopard, removing Lion, but want to know if anyone has done this and experienced any problems or data loss.

    samberl wrote:
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    you should be up and running in an hour or two.
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    Hello,
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    I wonder if there is any possibility of updating the OS straight, without purchasing Snow Leopard.
    Don´t know if it makes sense...
    Thank you for your tips!
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    Lion 10.7 System Requirements
        •    Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, or Xeon processor (most models released since late 2006 - early Intel-based Macs with Core Solo or Core Duo processors aren't compatible)
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    Ok, being an update freak as well installed Lion and regretted it as ****!!! Now down to the thing.. My problem is not that much of data but applications. Since all of my work/projects are stored in ext HDs, i was wondering if theres a way somehow to downgrade or erase (?) to Leopard (of course) without loosing my applications.. Is it possible to copy the app folder somewhere, erase Lion , install Leo and paste app folder when system is installed? Will  still work?
    Thnx in advance

    One of two ways:
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    2. Export your application data to formats supported by Leopard.  You'll need to tell us which data you have in which versions of which applications.  Clone your system twice. Erase and install Leopard with nothing but Apple keyboard/mouse and display connected, and selectively restore data that is compatible  into the applications you need.
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    If you could help me with this it would be great as my version isn't supported by hardly anything anymore (Google Chrome for example).
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    Snow Leopard from Amazon.com
    Snow Leopard from eBay
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    MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
    Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
    Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
    Xserve (Early 2009)
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    See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps - App compatibility and feature support for OS X & iOS.
    Am I eligible for the free upgrade?
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    For a complete How-To introduction from Apple see Apple - Upgrade your Mac to OS X Mountain Lion.

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    Hi,
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    It would be nice to know if snow leopard is in fact mandatory so I could get my leopard to snow leopard upgrade out of way in advance.  If the upgrade isn't necessary I'd obviously just wait until Lion ships and save myself the trouble.  In my original post I had assumed that if something went wrong during the lion installation that you'd only be able to recover from a snow leopard time machine backup and not a leopard one; if you can only install from SL --> Lion it would make sense that you could only recover your data from an SL backup, that's why I included an extra "full backup" in my upgrade path. 
    It's kind of absurd that there's no clear answer to such a straightforward question as "What do I need to install Lion?".  Something as simple as "Lion can only be installed from the App store." on the "How to Buy" info page for Lion would let those of us still running Leopard (and those of us who have to coordinate multiple installations) know how to prepare for Lion's release.

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