@>>>>>> and @6pt, to do that looks like it'll jump it to Yosemite, and that still sounds like a ballache, I'd rather head to Mavericks and work up from there. But I might not have a choice...
ah, good point. have you previously 'purchased' (downloaded, assigned to your apple id) mavericks on a different machine? if so, OSX mavericks will be in your 'purchases' list when you use the app store.
@>>>>>> and @6pt, to do that looks like it'll jump it to Yosemite, and that still sounds like a ballache, I'd rather head to Mavericks and work up from there. But I might not have a choice...