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Regarding OS X version: how do you go about upgrading OS X? I am a new Mac user.

I was given a free 2008 MacBook 13" in colledge. It came with Mac OS 10.5.2 installed, which couldn't run some new programs, so I did an update and it updated to 10.5.8 which solved all my problems so far. Are you supposed do buy an OS upgrade? Or buy a new Mac?

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You can buy a Snow Leopard DVD for $30, or get downloadable dmgs if you pay for the Mac dev program. Snow Leopard works on any intel Mac.

Upgrades are easy and preserve all your stuff. No need to format or anything.

Of course you can buy a new Mac too.

Just to clarify, Snow Leopard is OS 10.6.

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