Incompatibility between iPAD and MAC OS X 10.4.11?

Hi,
Just bought an iPAD yesterday. I was very excited about getting started with it, but when I plugged it into my iMac... the system tells me MAC OSX 10.4.11 does not support iPAD and that I need at least MAC OSX Leopard to be able to connect my iPAD!!! I am sure there would not be such an issue with a PC so I am really frustrated. Any suggestion here from someone?
Can I upgrade from Mac OSX 10.4 to 10.5 or even 10.6?
Thanks for your usual support,
G

So, I have just spent £700.00 on an iPad, I have an iPhone 3Gs and a =n iMac PPC G5 running the latest Tiger operating system - I even upgraded to iTunes 9.2 to ensure that I had the latest software to enable compatibility with my iPad ready for activation!
Plug my iPad in - you can't use your iPad with this version of the OS! WHAT! this has to be a joke, No - but it runs fine on a PC with running XP an operating system launced in October 2001! I bought my mac in March 2006! and have no need to upgrade yet, yes I hear you shout XP service pack 3 - OK SP3 out in 2006 but THIS IS A FREE UPGRADE!
I have many mac products and have slated windows and PC's for many a year - but this infuriates me I don't understand why an operating system limits this product when the latest interface software 'iTunes' runs fine on that older said OS! What the F** surely it's not to make extra money as I can't purchase the OS X 10.5 from Apple and my Hardware won't run the latest Apple OS. I will have to wait till I get home to activate my iPad with my laptop running XP!
One not very happy Apple customer. - I think apple should make available OS X 10.5 a FREE download just like service pack 3 for windows XP!

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