Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

So I need to upgrade from leopard to something sensible that still works. In the last couple of months nearly all the applications I used have become unsupported on leopard.

There seems to be no way to do this quickly online anymore, do I have to buy this disc and wait an age for it?
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard

I kept on wanting to avoid paying for upgrades but it now looks like I can't.

Funnily enough have had to do the same myself very recently - phoned Apple today.

Call 0800 048 0480 and you can order a Snow Leopard disc that will then allow you to upgrade to Mountain Lion.

The disc costs about 21 quid for a family disc. The guy I spoke to said the individual discs are 18 quid but there is a 4-5 week wait on them whereas the family one will be posted out on Friday. You can then re-update to Mountain Lion for free.

To be honest, if you can get to Camden in working hours or SE22 on an evening, for a beer you can have one of my 'family' installs when I get the disc - i imagine it will arrive around Wed next week.