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Should I upgrade to Tiger?
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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Hi everybody. I currently own a 1.5 ghz G4 Powerbook and I have OSX 1.3.9 version. I would love to upgrade to Tiger without backing up my hard drive, so I was wondering if I should take the plunge or would it cause problems? I'm still debating whether I should buy Tiger and install it over existing stuff (install and archive) so I can use the nifty iChat features since I have an iSight and talk with my friends. Is it all cracked up or will it cause me some woes? I noticed a lot of people are having problems.
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Moderator Emeritus  Join Date: Mar 2001
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I did an Archive and Install and it was fine.
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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It is probably fine unless your computer is used for critical business purposes and you have no other computer, in which case wait for 10.4.2.
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Steveis... said: "What would scammers do with this info..." talking about a debit card number!
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on my 1.25ghz 15" powerbook with 1gig of ram tiger is working very nicely. i did an archive and install and it worked fine.
the one thing that won't work is the 4 way video chats since your powerbook is a g4 and a g5 is required to host the chat. then a g4 over 1ghz can join it. in the apple store we had a dual 2.7ghz g5, a 1.8ghz g5 imac (hosting), a 17" powerbook (1.67 i think), and a 1.2ghz g4 ibook in a 4 way chat. it was great.
it sold me on buying an imac.
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Originally Posted by mdc
the one thing that won't work is the 4 way video chats since your powerbook is a g4 and a g5 is required to host the chat. then a g4 over 1ghz can join it. in the apple store we had a dual 2.7ghz g5, a 1.8ghz g5 imac (hosting), a 17" powerbook (1.67 i think), and a 1.2ghz g4 ibook in a 4 way chat. it was great.
Wait a minute, you mean I can't do 4 way chat unless I had a G5? I wasn't aware of that. So if I use Tiger iChat it only works with one to one like previous versions? is G5 is the only machine that allows 4 way chatting? I wish I knew about this before...
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Join Date: Jun 2000
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Personally, I wouldn't upgrade to Tiger. 3.9 has everything you'll need, and is pretty much rock solid. Tiger has a lot of updates it needs to do before it gets as good as 3.9.
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Use the search feature, people. We've had this discussion over and over again.
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Originally Posted by beachgerl
Wait a minute, you mean I can't do 4 way chat unless I had a G5? I wasn't aware of that. So if I use Tiger iChat it only works with one to one like previous versions? is G5 is the only machine that allows 4 way chatting? I wish I knew about this before...
you can not do a 4 way unless someone in the chat has a g5 to start the chat. like i said previously, we had a g5 in the chat and a bunch of g4s.
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I wish I knew about this before...
Save your 130 bucks until Apple fixes all the bugs. There's nothing dramatically different from your version except the headaches.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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I had the same issues - but not with iChat. I decided to go for it and I couldn't be happier. I did a archive and install no problems. Overall the UI is snappier and the OS on a whole seems more efficient (less cpu for everyday things like web surfing etc. ) Little things, like spotlight, which I thought I wouldn't really use are indispensable now.
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Pismo 400 | Powerbook 1.5 GHz | MacPro 2.66/6GB/7300GT
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Join Date: Nov 2000
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Tiger has a lot of new features and improved speed. It has improved my mac experience. There are a few bugs but to be honest not bad enough to warrant waiting for further updates.
I would recommend that you do back up your data before you do install Tiger.
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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Originally Posted by Bogartte
Personally, I wouldn't upgrade to Tiger. 3.9 has everything you'll need, and is pretty much rock solid. Tiger has a lot of updates it needs to do before it gets as good as 3.9.
I disagree with the latter statement.
10.4.0 and 10.4.1 have been rock solid over here, sans the Dashboard exploit (now fixed).
If there are any problems that crop up after the upgrade, they're more than likely due to incompatible apps or junk brought over from the previous system folders (at least in my case, but no biggie).
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