What's Going On With Apple?

So what's the deal with Apple and Snow Leopard? First time in my life that I feel like Apple is kind of screwing me over. I'm still using 10.4.11, I just never got around to updating to 10.5. I was waiting for Snow Leopard. But when Snow Leopard released, Apple pulled Leopard off the market. Basically they are forcing you to buy both Leopard & Snow Leopard as a box set for like $170. Plus Snow Leopard only runs on machines with the Intel processor. I have an older G5, so I can't use it. So if I want to upgrade to 10.5, I have to buy 10.5 and 10.6 even though I can't use 10.6.

How could they lock out everybody who owns a machine that's more than 3 years old? Do they really expect millions of users to spend thousands of dollars on new machines just so we can upgrade? Seems kind of nuts and it's not like Apple to pull a stunt like this. Am I missing something?

I have to take a ride up to my local Apple store to see what's up.