Are there benefits to migrating an old iMac from 10.3.9 to 10.4x .....

...... I'm giving it to my Mom. She will primarily be using email and a little bit of Sarfari for browsing and viewing pics in iPhoto. Is there a difference or should she be OK with 10.3.9?
What is the cost of going to 10.4x?
Thanks

You might want to put a question like this on the "Panther and earlier" forums. As BDaqua points out, browsers get out of dated and older OS versions are not supported. I know this is a serious issue for people still running OS9, though apparently some browsers are out there that still work with new websites and run under OS9. Panther is nowhere near as old as OS9 so I would check on that site if this is a serious issue, especially if you were willing to move to a non-Safari browser.
The reason I say this is Tiger has become a much in demand product but Apple no longer sells it. I have seen suggestions on this website that you can still purchase it from Apple if you can convince them you aren't simply upgrading for the sake of upgrading (Apple wants you to buy Leopard if you want to do that but the problem is there are still many Macs out there in use that cannot run Leopard and hence the demand for Tiger). The only "easy" places to get Tiger are at third party retailers who can now demand a pretty penny for Tiger. I think it used to cost around $120 at Apple Store but websites are now charging $170+. Or you can join in the fray at places like e-bay, but if you do that make sure you get the black colored retail installer, not a machine-specific gray installer.
Another cost factor is if your machine requires any upgrades to hard drive, memory, etc. in order to run Tiger. Tiger doesn't require a lot more resources than Panther but if you're running marginal right now it might be a consideration. Need to know more about your computer to give an opinion on that.

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