Is 10.4.9 okay for iMacs now?

I remember that when this update first came out there were a lot of problems, and thankfully I had seen posts here about them, so I didn't update.
... and a couple of weeks ago, the new imacs at my school were updated, and had problems with recognizing peripheral drives, and not being able to 'save' in PhotoShop.
Soooo, I keep getting notices to update, and I'm wondering if it's still wise to ignore them, and stick with 10.4.8.
What do you think?
Also, what's the likelihood that Apple will come out with a patch to correct the .9 problems? or will they just wait for us all to buy 10.5?
Thanks for all and any input
eliz
iMac 17", Intel Core Duo, 512 Ram, 160 GB Mac OS X (10.4.8)

HI Eliz,
Whether to update or not... read here for information the release of Leopard
10.5 http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=18070
Whether Leopard is going to require that you update to 10.4.9 first I am not sure. Apple may allow an update from 10.4.8 to 10.5. Considering it's only about 5 months until Leopard comes out, you might consider just hanging with 10.4.8.
Carolyn

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