Apple says I can just Archive and Install Tiger on top of Leopard

Will that cause any issues on my Macbook Pro. I dont wanna hurt my new system and I wanna utilize dual core as much as possible.
Reason I wanna downgrade is - a couple of my music programs work better on Tiger and I dont like the new iCal & Finder Player

Hi mrb1
I wanted to do the same thing, revert back to Tiger (on a bought Tiger disk) on my Macbook, which I now have Leopard installed on, and had the same message "Mac OS X 10.4 cannot be installed on this machine", yet it came with Tiger installed in the first place so should run Tiger? Have you found out anything new since your last post?

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  • Can I Archive and Install From Leopard Up-To-Date Disc?

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    Message was edited by: AceDew

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  • Can not Archive and Install

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    Message was edited by: Daniel Peck

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  • Previous System folder vs. system folder after archive and install

    Hi there - I am very new to mac but love the products and am excited to be a part of the culture.
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  • "The application Safari has unexpectedly quit." / "Archive and Install"

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    Eric Jackson Wood,
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  • After "Archive and Install", my printer no longer works

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    { edited 2x }

  • Archive and install: Should I use original or  recently installed Leopard?

    My daughter is in China and her MacBook Pro powered off during a restart after installing program updates. She needs to archive and install and I need to ship her the correct disk for it. Genius Bar said to use original disk that came with her computer, but she recently upgraded to Leopard (which I didn't think to mention to them). Which should she use for doing the archive and install? Should I send her both, just in case?
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    srobs:
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    If she is running currently running Leopard she should use the Leopard install disk else she would be back to Tiger and would have to Archive and Install again to get to Leopard. Because things can go wrong during this or any major procedure she should backup/clone prior to the Archive and Install.
    cornelius
    Message was edited by: cornelius

  • Archive and install is taking forever-is this normal?

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