software problems....HELP NEEDED URGENTLY!!

hi,
i have a apple mac 10.4.11 tiger. I have recently bought a ipod generation 4 and when i plug it in it comes up with a message on itunes saying this ipod cannot be used because it requires mac os x 10.5.8 or later, will buying the snow leopard 10.6 upgrade c.d. solve this problem?
Thanks,
Chris

Yes. Now what Mac are you running? That is important because if it is none Intel system SL will not work with that system.

thank you for the reply,
this is all the information about my mac as unfortunately i have no idea about it:
Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac5,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
thanks

Yes. Purchase Snow Leopard and you will be fine. Memory details would have helped.

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/iMac/Intel_Core_2_Duo

thank you so much for the help.
here are the memory details:
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
so snow leopard 10.6 upgrade will work??

Yes Snow Leopard will work well however increase memory to at least 2GB and have included link to OWC Mac specialists last post.

I think in the Mac you have you can upgrade the memory to 2 GB. I would do that, that way SL will run a lot smoother. Good Luck.

thanks very much to both of you for your help!!