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Here is some good and recent advice: <a href="https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4790816?start=0&tstart=0" rel="ugc">https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4790816?start=0&tstart=0</a>
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Thank you, but trying to confirm 2 things... &nbsp;1) I see I can go to Snow Lepord but is there a Lion (10.7)? (or straight to Mountain Lion? &nbsp;<br />
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2) Do I have to upgrade in steps 1st buy lepord, then Lion? or can I just go to Lion?Mountain Lion, t<br />
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3) are hese all just upgrades or are they installs from scratch?
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I was just given an iMac that is running 10.4.11 (whatever animal that is) and I am trying to figure out what version I should e on. &nbsp;It says: &nbsp;Identifier: iMac5,1 &nbsp;- Intel core 2 Duo, 3GB memory. &nbsp;Any help is appreciated
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I was just given an iMac that is running 10.4.11 (whatever animal that is) and I am trying to figure out what version I should e on.  It says:  Identifier: iMac5,1  - Intel core 2 Duo, 3GB memory.  Any help is appreciated

Here is some good and recent advice: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4790816?start=0&amp;tstart=0

Thank you, but trying to confirm 2 things...  1) I see I can go to Snow Lepord but is there a Lion (10.7)? (or straight to Mountain Lion?  

2) Do I have to upgrade in steps 1st buy lepord, then Lion? or can I just go to Lion?Mountain Lion, t

3) are hese all just upgrades or are they installs from scratch?

What Mac OS should I be running

Mac OS X is the desktop operating system from Apple Inc., found on Macintosh computers. OS X consists of a Mach/BSD-based kernel, operating system interfaces primarily based on FreeBSD and additional frameworks (written in C, C++ and Objective-C providing user interface and application-level services.