Snow Leopard Disc May Upgrade Tiger As Well

Apple officially states that Tiger users must buy a Snow Leopard box set to update; however, that may not be the case.

The cheapest Snow Leopard box set costs $169.99 and though it includes iLife and iWork its no where near as cheap as the $29 cost of Snow Leopard alone.


According to Walt Mossberg, Tiger users may not need to shell out the extra $140.

And, 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 reasoning is that these folks never paid the $129 back in 2007 to upgrade to Leopard. 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.

Has anyone verified this information?

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You can pre-order Snow Leopard here:
- Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
- Mac OS X Snow Leopard Family Pack (5-User)
- Mac OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard
- Mac Box Set (with Snow Leopard)
- Mac Box Set Family Pack (with Snow Leopard)