Upgrading from OS X 10.4...

[timslim]

Hi all -

I have an imac running OS X 10.4.11 and would like to upgrade to a later version...

I understand I need to get the OS X Box set including snow leopard, but its no longer available, and all I can find on mac store is OS X snow leopard...

Also, if I do manage to upgrade to OS X snow leopard, can I upgrade to Lion, my processor is reported as '2 GHz Intel Core Duo', not 'Core 2 Duo' as it says I need - or is there no difference...

many thanks for any help you can provide!

 

[Kaveman]

Shop around at your local Apple Resellers, you might find one.

To best best of my knowledge it has to be Core 2 Duo, yes there is a huge difference, one is 32 bit the other 64. Intel and their crazy chip naming obscures these important details.

 

[timslim]

Thanks Kaveman, very much appreciate your quick response.

After some searching found OS X Box set at a reasonable price online, though its the 5 user family pack and only need one licence...hope that won't make a difference?

Some sellers are obviousley making the most out of obsolete software, some were charging hundreds of £'s...

Thanks again

 

[Kaveman]

No problem, it should work fine, given the demand you might find other people who need it too and share the price.

1st Rule of Upgrades: Only people who don't do a full backup before hand have problems with upgrades.

 

[timslim]

Just to say thanks again for all the help - successfully upgraded over the weekend, and all seems well!

 

[Kaveman]

Excellent, keep an eye out for more RAM, if you haven't maxed it out already, you will see an performance improvement with that model. All modern OSs love RAM.