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Apple Computing Products:
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Cheapest way to upgrade? Should I wait?
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1384237"><p>This in only Snow Leopard in between Leopard and Lion. And that is the path we have recommended.</p><p></p><p>The thumb drive version of Lion may allow you to skip Snow Leopard, but harry's actually incorrect that its cheaper.</p><p></p><p>Copy of Snow Leopard = $30</p><p>Copy of Lion = $30</p><p>Total = $60, or $9 cheaper than buying the USB drive version.</p><p></p><p>Having a bootable copy of Lion was at one point early on in Lion's release quite crucial if anything went wrong. This is no longer as crucial, though still nice to have. Now Lion systems can use Internet Recovery from Lion if the hard drive should go south, so the bootable copy is really only for people who lose both their hard drive AND the internet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1384237"] This in only Snow Leopard in between Leopard and Lion. And that is the path we have recommended. The thumb drive version of Lion may allow you to skip Snow Leopard, but harry's actually incorrect that its cheaper. Copy of Snow Leopard = $30 Copy of Lion = $30 Total = $60, or $9 cheaper than buying the USB drive version. Having a bootable copy of Lion was at one point early on in Lion's release quite crucial if anything went wrong. This is no longer as crucial, though still nice to have. Now Lion systems can use Internet Recovery from Lion if the hard drive should go south, so the bootable copy is really only for people who lose both their hard drive AND the internet. [/QUOTE]
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