I have a Titanium PowerBook G4 (1GHz) running OS 10.4.11. Is it worth upgrading to OS 10.5?

I have a Titanium PowerBook G4 (1GHz) running OS 10.4.11. Is it worth upgrading to OS 10.5? (I also have a newer desktop running Lion and an iPhone 4 running IOS 5). Thanks.

I upgraded my PowerBook G4 from 10.4 to 10.5 and from 512MB to 1.25GB RAM and thought it was well worth it. It's still in perfect condition, has a SuperDrive and the battery holds a full charge.
I use the following programs every day and they encouraged me to upgrade (clean install!) Leopard 10.5, it's worth the $130 to me:
iPhone requires 10.5, as previous poster stated above- the most important reason that I went to 10.5
Twitterrific 3.24 will run on 10.5 and is the oldest functioning Twitterrific client for 10.5 that will work due to the OAuth requirements, however it will not run at all on 10.4 so 10.4 can no longer use any version of Twitterrific (logging in with older version will fail due to the OAuth requirements which were not present in the older 10.4 versions)
Current version of VLC 1.1.xx is not supported under 10.4
Current 10.x version of iTunes is not supported under 10.4
Safari 5 requires 10.5, will not run at all on 10.4
Echofon requires 10.5, no version of Echofon will run at all on 10.4
Google Earth will not run at all on 10.4

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Is it still possible to upgrade CPU on a G4 400MHz Titanium Powerbook?

I have a Titanium PowerBook G4 model (M7952) with a 17 inch screen, originally purchased in 2001. Over recent years I have successfully upgraded the hard drive to 128GB and the memory to 1GB SDRAM.
However, I have recently purchased Leopard and attempted to upgrade the system without first checking -and subsequently discovering - that my CPU speed is inadequate (currently only 400MHz, wheras required minimum for Leopard is 867MHz).
If anyone can advise me whether it is still possible to upgrade the processor on this particular model to the required specification for running Leopard - my initial searches have appeared to indicate this may not be possible - I would be very grateful.
Thanks, Steve

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Message was edited by: littleshoulders

PowerBook Can't Run Airport Management Utility

I'm still trying to find out why my PowerBook can't run Airport Management Utility, even though all of my other Airport software is up to date. When I try to launch the utility, it gives the message that it "requires Airport 3.4 or later", which I do already have.
Below is a description of my latest effort, followed by my original question, which has been archived in this discussion group.
I created and logged in via a new user account, but I still got the same 'requires Airport 3.4 or later' message from Airport Management Utility. I took it from this that the problem was not related to user preferences.
I then used Spotlight to search the Library folder. The only airport pref I found there was com.apple.airport.preferences.plist, located in this path: Macintosh HD/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration.
The computer would not let me move this to the desktop, but copied it instead. I can open that copy in TextEdit, but if I double click on it, it actually launches in OmniOutlner. A check via "Get Info" shows that it is set to "Open with: OmniOutliner" from the drop down menu in the Get Info box.
If you open this plist in OmiOutliner, you find the information I've listed below. It appears to show that the file does know the Airport software version is "5" and not less than 3.4:
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change
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The only other items in the Library folder with "airport" in the name are both in the Receipts folder: AirportTI2005-001.pkg and AirportConfigApps.pkg.
I'd welcome your thoughts on this.
My original posting was:
I have the newest PowerBook G4 , purchased this fall with Mac OS X 10.4.3 and AirPort Update 2005-001 installed.
When I try to run Airport Management utility I get the message : " "The Airport Management Utility requires Airport 3.4 or later. Click Update to check for newer software." While Airport Management Utility will not run on my PowerBook, it does run on my iMac with 10.3.9.
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-installing "AirPort Update 2005-001" but it didn't solve the problem.
-installing "AirPort 4.2 for Mac OS X 10.4.2", thinking that if it were not needed, the installer would not run. It did install, but that did not solve the problem.
-re-installing "AirPort Update 2005-001", which did install a second time, but did not solve the problem. (I thought perhaps the installer for this update wouldn't run a second time.)
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(I've cross-posted this in the Airport discussion area, but I also wanted to check with others who recently bought the same PowerBook.)
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check this link:
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Teh-Way Lee wrote:
"OK, I've been following this thread since February and I think I got this thing figured out. Joseph Jordan pointed to the right direction and I did some more digging.
I had the same problem as most posters here:
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Hope no one minds if I jack this thread and ask some questions of my own.
I am also contemplating an upgrade from 10.3.9. My OS runs great and I've got all the programs I want, and everything is running fine. Only thing I want to upgrade for is to have better streaming of online video and syncing with my ipod (two things us 10.3 users are left in the dust on).
I'm currently running a powerbook G4 with 1.5ghz and 768mb DDR SDRAM.
My priorities are being able to keep my design programs, such as MS Office 2004, Photoshop 7.0 and Dreamweaver MX version 6, and also carrying over all my itunes information like playlists, library, etc.
Is OSX 10.5 compatible with these? I read someone recommend 1000mb of RAM, and I will assume that my old photoshop is probably not compatible. Would 10.4 be an easier upgrade?
Is this upgrade invasive? Rather, is it like doing a clean sweep of my hard drive and losing everyhing? Will I have to manually re-enter all my itunes playlists, etc.?
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But you need to make sure your friend has the latest AirPort 4.2 update on the Titanium to get WPA support."
I replied to the wrong person, but...
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