“If your Intel-based Mac is running Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger, purchase the Mac Box Set, which is a single, affordable package that includes Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard iLife ’09, with the latest versions of iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb, and iDVD and iWork ’09, Apple’s productivity suite for home and office including Pages, Numbers, and Keynote.” Since Apple doesn’t say “if your Intel-based Mac is running Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger you must purchase the Mac Box Set,” the WSJ’s claims may well be accurate. Upgrading from Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger is a tad more complicated, and more expensive, going by Apple’s explanation.

“If your Intel-based Mac is running Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard, just purchase Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard and follow the simple installation instructions,” the Mac maker claims. On its website, under the “tech specs” tab for Snow Leopard, Apple explains that upgrading from Mac OS X v10.5 Leopard is easy. If true, the news should be delightful for Tiger users, who have previously believed that only a trip through Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard would get them to the “promised land.” Shelly Alspector 1 1 Add a comment 1 Answer Sorted by: 5 PowerPC is only supported up until Mac Os X 10.5 (Leopard), so Mavericks is out of the question. But here’s a tip: Apple concedes that the $29 Snow Leopard upgrade will work properly on these Tiger-equipped Macs, so you can save the extra $140,” it is explained in the piece. “The reasoning is that these folks never paid the $129 back in 2007 to upgrade to Leopard. “ For owners of Intel-based Macs who are still using the older Tiger version of the Mac OS, Apple is officially making Snow Leopard available only in a ‘boxed set’ that includes other software and costs $169,” the report says. It has been revealed that Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger (the previous-generation Mac OS) users will be able to directly upgrade to Apple’s new generation operating system, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.Īccording to the Wall Street Journal, Snow Leopard will install on Macs running the Tiger OS without requiring installation of Leopard, which doesn’t corroborate with Apple’s previous claims.

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