Good old Mac OS X 10.3.9

[daveyjokes]

OK, now I'm no OAP with a typewriter! However, I do still have the lovely Mac OS X 10.3.9...I never really thought the upgrade to Tiger was worth £89...but since there is the new OS coming out, do you think I should wait until it comes out and go to eBay and buy Tiger or Leapard-remember that I don't think Leapord has that many good and amazing new features, arguably, compared with the release of Tiger, or Panther for that matter. Money is a problem so obviously Tiger will be cheaper, and I have an imac G5 512 MB RAM-nothing special Rev. A as well....so what you think, Leapord or Tiger, taking into account the conditions?

Thanks, Tom.

 

[Butters]

I'd say leopard

 

[RedTomato]

I run both 10.3.9 (my main mac) and tiger (on a client's mac).

I've not really deeply used tiger, but in my opinion, it's not a great improvement. the main bonus is spotlight, but I had that with Butler anyway. iWeb on tiger is nice too if you want to throw up web sites quickly.

I will definitely get Leopard (10.5) because of Time Machine - an easy to use document versions backup and retrival app is worth its weight in gold.

If you're skint, you could put out an ad for second hand Leopard disks.

 

[QCassidy352]

Tiger is a very good upgrade from panther IMO, but panther is still very good, and if you've waited this long, you can wait a little longer for leopard.

 

[mduser63]

Yeah, wait until Leopard comes out and they buy that. Might want to upgrade your RAM though...

 

[daveyjokes]

yeh-the min RAM for tiger (recommended) is 512, if i remember correctly...id imagine laepoards basline will be 512, recommended 1gb...maybe, maybe not-then again look how prices change with apple....one day an iMac will cost x but the next day it will cost x/2, but with 2y features...if u get my meaning...




that was possibly the worst way of expressing myself. oh well. i gave maths up for a reaosn.

 

[aquajet]

Tiger's got a few nifty little features that Panther doesn't, namely (for me) spotlight, .Mac syncing and Dictionary. Panther's a solid OS and if it works for you, I'd say forget about Tiger and wait for Leopard.

 

[danny_w]

I've got Tiger, primarily to stay consistent on my various machines, but I think that I really prefer Panther in most respects. If that is your case, then I would certainly wait for Leopard (at least .2 or .3) and get that instead.

 

[prady16]

Wait for Leopard....Just about 6 months i would say!