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OS Purchase Question
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Upgrading from one version of OS X to the next is relatively painless.
I had *no* problems upgrading from Jaguar (10.2) to Panther (10.3).
It's really, pretty easy, especially on a G5. Now, if come back here when Tiger's released there'll be plenty of threads discussing this, as there are several options: upgrade install, archive and install, clean install, zeroing your drive and installing.
I actually had zero problems with the upgrade install.
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Join Date: Nov 2000
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I wouldn't worry about having problems with upgrading from Panther to Tiger when it comes out. It is rare that this will cause problems. If you do have critical files that you can't lose, you should always back them up before you upgrade.
Some people say that a clean install will provide a faster and more reliable system. Possibly so, but you will have to decide whether reinstalling all your apps, files and preferences is worth it.
I have found it possible to copy the majority of apps and preferences to speed up the reinstall process (including the complete OS9 system etc).
If the cost of upgrading is an issue, you do have a choice to wait until Apple officially announce the release date for Tiger - since any computer bought after that includes a free upgrade to Tiger. No-one knows when this will be - Apple have said 1st half of 2005, but that could mean June 30!!
If you are willing to wait for a month, my advice would be to wait for Macworld SF, when an update on Tiger's progress will be announced, plus I'm sure the desktops will receive an update too.
Neil
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jul 2001
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The ONLY reason to not buy now, is if you want Tiger to come free with you computer rather than paying (probably) $129 once it is released at some point next year (could be january, could be the end of june).
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I assume you are new to the Mac. Welcome. First thing I would say is THIS IS NOT WINDOWS. It doesn't act like it when upgrading at all. I have upgraded every version of the Mac OS X and previous systems with out any problems at all. OS X allows you to do an archive/install which keeps all your settings when you upgrade. You can do just a straight upgrade but you could run into minor issues. Issues like 3rd party apps you installed not working properly. The third option which I like to do is to do a backup of my prefs and things then reformat and re-install. Then you KNOW for sure that your system won't encounter any problems. Though I have never encountered any problems on the many Archive/installs I have done.
I would buy your system now then upgrade to Tiger when it comes out. Unless you can wait. If you can wait then I would wait til they start pre-installing it on the systems. which will be sometime next year.
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On my G4 tower, I upgraded from 10.0 to 10.1 to 10.2 to 10.3 without ever reinstalling the OS and I had no problem whatsoever.
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