Are there that many problems installing 10.4.3 and updating ?

Question

I want to update my powerbook G.4 from 10.3.9 but I really need to know that should be OK..since it is really important for work....specailly under keynote. I would like to get the newer system if is more stable and I can take advantatges with it....bu I don´t want any risks....any coments or advice?
Should I do the update?

Answer 1

I really like your idea of clonnig....copying the
exact system into the external harddrive and update,
Should I also clone my documents or to try the new
system is just better to start from the external new
system and work on my normal documents.....and see if
everything works fine.
Standard practice is to do just that. Clone EVERYTHING. This is what Carbon Copy Cloner and SuperDuper!, to name two well-known cloning apps, will do by default.
I have two external harddrives one at home the other
at work and everyday I do incremental back ups with
the Backup from Apple...Should be Ok I hope. So the
process is to update a clone of my system into an
external hard drive and work from it for a while and
if everything works fine update the system on the
powerbook.
That's how I do it.
My last question, when I take my poerbook
to work I will be working under system 10,3,9 and
when I arrive home under 10,4,4 on the same
documents, is that OK or I can get problems by
switching systems on the same documents....
Depends on what documents and which apps. For example, Safari and Mail will be different. Mail in particular will barf if you don't keep things consistent. It may be a pain, but booting from the external drive for a while, no matter where you are, would be best.