Talk:Mac OS X 10.6.8/@comment-104.0.176.185-20150624021110/@comment-24886041-20150624211859

You have one upgrade path: upgrade the entire OS. Any system capable of running 10.6.8 is also capable of running 10.7. Most will also be able to run 10.10, which is a free upgrade.

Apple generally provides support for the current OS version and the two previous versions. 10.6 came out in 2009, and was supported through the 10.6.8 upgrade (plus security updates) in 2011. It also inherited some other software updates through 2012.