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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1289238" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>I know that you mentioned that up to this point you've been happy with OS 10.5.8 Leopard...but OS 10.6 "Snow Leopard" was released 2 years ago...and now that OS 10.7 "Lion" has been released...retail copies of 10.6 are getting harder to find. So waiting 2 years to upgrade is basically the reason for the troubles.</p><p></p><p>As far as cost. Things could be worse. Apple traditionally (OS 10.5 and before) was selling OS upgrades for up to $129. Snow Leopard 10.6 costs $29, and the Lion 10.7 download costs $29.99. So you're basically paying $58.99 for two OS upgrades rather than traditionally would have cost as much as $258.</p><p></p><p>Maybe the cost is not a big deal to you...and if so great. Waiting the 2 years to upgrade to 10.6 (so you can upgrade to 10.7) is where the trouble lies. At any time in those 2 years...obtaining a 10.6 Snow Leopard install disk would have been easy easy easy!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> It's only now that 10.7 has been released that a 10.6 disk is harder to obtain.</p><p></p><p>Don't blame Apple...blame procrastination.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1289238, member: 56379"] I know that you mentioned that up to this point you've been happy with OS 10.5.8 Leopard...but OS 10.6 "Snow Leopard" was released 2 years ago...and now that OS 10.7 "Lion" has been released...retail copies of 10.6 are getting harder to find. So waiting 2 years to upgrade is basically the reason for the troubles. As far as cost. Things could be worse. Apple traditionally (OS 10.5 and before) was selling OS upgrades for up to $129. Snow Leopard 10.6 costs $29, and the Lion 10.7 download costs $29.99. So you're basically paying $58.99 for two OS upgrades rather than traditionally would have cost as much as $258. Maybe the cost is not a big deal to you...and if so great. Waiting the 2 years to upgrade to 10.6 (so you can upgrade to 10.7) is where the trouble lies. At any time in those 2 years...obtaining a 10.6 Snow Leopard install disk would have been easy easy easy!:) It's only now that 10.7 has been released that a 10.6 disk is harder to obtain. Don't blame Apple...blame procrastination.;) - Nick [/QUOTE]
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