Audio Interface for Mac OSX 10.4.7?!?!?

Hey all,
After a lot of saving, tons of research and some patience I purchased an M-Audio Firewire solo. I thought alll was good, having checked the m-audio site which said it carried recent drivers for intel Macs. So I bring the interface home plug it in and while checking to see exactly which OS I was running, it turns out I have OSX 10.4.7, not .6 which is the most recent for this tool.
Gack!!!! I assumed I just run the latest updates and presto, .7 which is not carried by M-Audio yet.
So I calls M-Audio and the guy says 8-10 weeks!!!!! Wha???
anyone else with this problem? what's a guy to do? somhow install a less recent OS?
Help....
thanks!
J :")

Ok.
I installed the firewire solo and the latest driver for the firewire solo (10.4.6 intel - I have 10.4.7 intel but there are no drivers out there for that. This may be the problem... dunno)
I the went to audio prefs for my mac (not GB). Selected Firewire Solo as the audio input.
Output is listed as Line out output. I haven't ever changed this.
When I test the audio input plucking my guitar, it is picked up on the little sound meter.
When I sing (open air) nothing is picked up, which leads me to believe that the signal actually is the firewire solo and not the macs built in mic.
I open GB3
I open an existing project that has only g piano listed.
I add a real instrument track.
I select guitar>no effects.
my details on this track are as follows:
Input: 1 & 2 (stereo) - could this be the problem? Not sure, but I think I've checked them all.
Volume at mid
monitor on
all other volume settings are on mid... guitar (has volume knob), GB main volume, comp speaker, all mid. Maybe I'm missing a volume level?
check GB prefs - audio settings> audio output = built in output, Input = Firewire Solo.
No other settings have been modified.
Plucking guitar. GB is picking up nothing..... nadda. No static, no indicator lights.. nothing.
I am only assuming that if the mac picks up the signal but GB does not means that the FW solo is working as it should and that there might be a GB setting somewhere I've missed.
Whew.... ok.. does that help out all?
Thanks everyone!!!!
J

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