<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">You won't save money by stopping at Panther just to find that some app next year only runs on Tiger. I'd probably add, though, that it might make a lot of sense to have at least two clones of your old system before taking the plunge. One I'd keep as a backup, and the other I'd do an "Archive and Install" upgrade on. I wouldn't do a standard upgrade, I've seen too many weird problems with this. Even Archive and Install can leave an imprint on the system if you don't carefully check all your previous apps, and utilities for Tiger conformity.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I'd highly recommend starting over from a complete format of the drive and clean install of the system. It takes time to get the system looking like it did before, but it will net you the best performance from the install, no leftover crud in the system, and a chance to make sure all your apps are fully Tiger-compatible when you re-install them one-at-a-time, and then test each app carefully.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>...Right. Yes, I fully realize that only about .001 percent of computer users actually do this, but then again, that's why I have a job.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Matthew</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Dec 3, 2005, at 11:50 PM, CW Smith wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <FONT face="Courier, Courier New"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px">As long as the following are true (minimum system requirements):<BR> <BR> </SPAN></FONT><OL><LI><FONT face="Courier, Courier New"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px">You’re installing from a full Tiger install DVD (not an upgrade DVD) </SPAN></FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="Courier, Courier New"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px">Your Mac has a DVD-ROM drive </SPAN></FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="Courier, Courier New"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px">Your Mac has a G3/G4/G5 processor and at least 256 MB RAM </SPAN></FONT></LI><LI><FONT face="Courier, Courier New"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px">Your Mac has built-in (Apple-installed) FireWire<BR> </SPAN></FONT></LI></OL><FONT face="Courier, Courier New"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px"><BR> You will have no problem jumping from Jaguar to TIGER (I said [Panther] before — woops. Wrong).<BR> <BR> And you’ll really appreciate the difference.<BR> <BR> Peace,<BR> CW<BR> <BR> On 12/3/05 10:24 PM, "<A href="mailto:JAJorgy@aol.com">JAJorgy@aol.com</A>" <<A href="mailto:JAJorgy@aol.com">JAJorgy@aol.com</A>> wrote:<BR> <BR> </SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT color="#0000FF"><FONT size="4"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:14.0px">Can I update straight from Jaguar to Tiger bypassing Panther? Or would I be satisfied with simply upgrading to Panther? I can't update my Safari any further until I do something, and some websites give me messages that I need to update Safari.<BR> <BR> Thanks.<BR> Jenny<BR> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face="Comic Sans MS, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px"><HR align="CENTER" size="3" width="95%"></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px"><FONT face="Courier, Courier New">_______________________________________________<BR> Dmmug mailing list<BR> Use this Address to send mail to the list:<BR> <A href="mailto:Dmmug@dmmug.org">Dmmug@dmmug.org</A><BR> Use this page to modify subscription options:<BR> <A href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug">http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug</A><BR> </FONT></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN style="font-size:12.0px"><FONT face="Courier, Courier New"><BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> -- <BR> <BR> Curt (CW) Smith<BR> Musician<BR> Audio / Video technician<BR> Windows / Macintosh consultant<BR> <BR> 705 Maple Street<BR> Atlantic, Iowa 50022 USA<BR> <BR> Phone: (712) 243-1200<BR> Mobile: (712) 254-0930<BR> <BR> <A href="mailto:cwsmith@mchsi.com">cwsmith@mchsi.com</A> (home)<BR> <A href="mailto:cwsmith@spymac.com">cwsmith@spymac.com</A> (music)<BR> <A href="mailto:winmactech@mchsi.com">winmactech@mchsi.com</A> (technical)<BR> <BR> <A href="http://cwsmith.spymac.com">http://cwsmith.spymac.com</A><BR> </FONT></SPAN><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Dmmug mailing list</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Use this Address to send mail to the list:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:Dmmug@dmmug.org">Dmmug@dmmug.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Use this page to modify subscription options:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug">http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/dmmug</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>