Better to install 10.5 clean or over 10.4.11?

He folks,
See my other post on iTunes/Safari crashing; we have now backed up everything on the MacHD and are planning on proceeding with re-install of 10.4 from disc.
However: We have a local shop that has 10.5, so we thought about buying that and installing it instead. If I read everything accurately, my non-Intel machine can handle 10.5, not sure how far (10.5.1, 10.5.6, etc) so maybe it is worth just doing that instead?
Any thoughts on whether it would be better for stability, etc to just go with 10.5 vs. redoing 10.4? We have never been compelled to move to 10.5 before but wonder now if it is the way to go since we have to redo the OS anyway. Thanks!

I think installing 10.5 on a machine with 10.4 is basically equivalent to a fresh installation since there isn't a pre-existing 10.5.
Review your application compatibility with OS5. In particular, if you use Classic this will no longer be available with 10.5
Yes, as another poster observes, 10.4 is losing support (but so is any old OS, including Leopard, just not as fast). However, I think another phase in changing support will be more applications requiring an Intel processor which a G5 can never have. Take stock of your intended computer use. Do you plan on buying a newer computer in the next year? if so I would just hold off on Leopard and when you get a newer computer (in all likelihood an Intel model) just go with Snow Leopard.

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