upgrading to OS X Tiger 10.4

hey
i am currently running OS X 10.3.9 and want to upgrade to 10.4.

my brothers mac came with 10.4, and i was wondering if it is possible for me to upgrade using the OS X disks that came with his computer, or do i have to actually go out and buy the OS X tiger 10.4 software?

millenliam said:

hey
i am currently running OS X 10.3.9 and want to upgrade to 10.4.

my brothers mac came with 10.4, and i was wondering if it is possible for me to upgrade using the OS X disks that came with his computer, or do i have to actually go out and buy the OS X tiger 10.4 software?

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You have to go and buy the software for both legal and technical reasons.

If your machine is up to it, you might want to hold of 2 weeks or so and buy Leopard. If you have a gig of RAM and 1ghz or faster processor, it might be a good option.

ok thanks.
do you reckon there will be any teething problems with Leopard like there was with the transition of XP to Vista on windows?

millenliam said:

ok thanks.
do you reckon there will be any teething problems with Leopard like there was with the transition of XP to Vista on windows?

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Hopefully nothing like the extent of Vista, but it's fair to assume there could be initial teething troubes. From what I understand, all the 10.x upgrades have been pretty smooth and usually resulted in a more stable OS, rather than a less stable one.

Having said that, 10.4 is a great OS, and could suit your needs very well. What is the hardware you're using?

a G4 PPC mac mini....with a 1.25ghz processsor i think

millenliam said:

a G4 PPC mac mini....with a 1.25ghz processsor i think

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If it was me, I'd spring for Leopard, just make sure you have a gig of RAM or better.

ye i have 1GB of RAM. any idea how much Leopard will initially cost?

Should be the same as what Tiger goes for at the moment. All OS X versions have kept the same price.

MacHeadCase said:

Should be the same as what Tiger goes for at the moment. All OS X versions have kept the same price.

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Exactly - probably about $129, give or take.