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It's only available through the Mac App Store. So how can people upgrade from 10.5 without going the extra step to 10.6, which is required for the app store?
by config_yml 15y ago
It's only available through the Mac App Store. So how can people upgrade from 10.5 without going the extra step to 10.6, which is required for the app store?
- lysol 15y agoCan't you typically only upgrade to the next revision up? e.g. 10.5 to 10.6
- drewcrawford 15y agoYeah but typically you can grab a disk and do a clean install from 10.0 to 10.5. He's saying that now you have to do a clean install from a disk to get to 10.5, and then MAS 10.5->10.6, which is more work.
- wmf 15y agoNo, some people used to skip versions to save money. But now that each update is only $30 they can afford to stay current.
- pavlov 15y agoPresumably Apple thinks they should get Lion preinstalled on a new Mac, since 10.5 users are due for a hardware upgrade anyway (from Apple's point of view).
- noarchy 15y agoI'm sure that their sales team wants people to think that, regarding hardware ;) On the other hand, regarding jumping from 10.5 to 10.7: would this require the purchase of a Snow Leopard DVD, so that 10.6 would be covered in-between? I'd be curious to know.