Want to give daughter old iMac

I bought a new iMac this Year, I want to give my daughter my old 2008 24" iMac, I did upgrade to Lion on this machine. Does shes need to buy the Lion OS again once I give the machine to her?
Thanks for the help

I would prep it like a sale.
See > MacTalk - Preparing Your Old Mac for Sale
and/or > How To Prepare a Mac For Sale
Wiping and reinstall either Leopard from the original DVD or Snow Leopard if you have a retail Upgrade DVD.
For two main reasons:
1. It is way easier than trying to remove all your old junk... and
2. She will start with a clean OS X and can decide (with dads help) what to add or move onto...

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