In a previous post, I said that the only way for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger users to upgrade to Snow Leopard was to purchase the ₱9,490 Mac Box Set. That’s not the case anymore. It now seems that Tiger users can purchase the ₱1,690 single-user Snow Leopard disc to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6. According to Walt Mossberg:
Apple concedes that the $29 Snow Leopard upgrade will work properly on these Tiger-equipped Macs, so you can save the extra $140.
There you have it. Those who are still using Mac OS X 10.4, can upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard for only ₱1,690, saving an extra ₱7,800. But remember, you need to have an Intel-based Mac to run Snow Leopard. Mac OS X 10.6 doesn’t support PowerPC Macs.
I don’t think this is cheating considering Apple already acknowledge this fact.
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#1 by Mayle Underwood on 01/31/2010 - 11:09 PM
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So what you are saying is that if I have a MacBook Pro (purchased in April 2007) with Intel duo processor running Tiger os x 10.4.11 I can use the 29 dollar snow leopard upgrade with no problem? Am I reading this correctly?
#2 by Jim on 02/01/2010 - 12:40 AM
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According to what I’ve read from various sources, you can indeed use the Snow Leopard upgrade without any problems.
#3 by Danny on 04/02/2010 - 4:03 PM
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Has anyone or do you know of anyone who has really tested this path?
Otherwise, it’s costlier if you need to get Mac Box set on top of 1,690 single-user Snow Leopard upgrade.
#4 by Jim on 04/02/2010 - 5:41 PM
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From what I’ve read from Walt Mossberg and the rest, upgrading from Tiger to Snow Leopard is doable.