Need to update to 10.4, but wondering if 10.5 would be better

Right now I'm using 10.3.9, but I need to upgrade to at least 10.4 to be able to keep using TurboTax, but there's another application I'd like to get that needs 10.4.11. It seems to be kind of hard to find 10.4 any more, but I'm wondering if I would be better off to go right to the new 10.5, and if it's even possible to go right from 10.3 to 10.5. I'm assuming those new apps that ask for 10.4+ would work in 10.5, but is that too much to assume? If it's best that I upgrade to 10.4 first before I go to 10.5, can anyone tell me where would be the best place to find it? Apple doesn't seem to sell it anymore, and the searching I've done so far only comes up with it in a "family pack" for about $250, and I would think that I should be able to find a single copy of it much cheaper than that. Also, another question: my G4 is supposed to have a CD/DVD drive, but when I insert a movie DVD, it's not recognized. What's with that? Any help I can get with any of this will be much appreciated!

HI Valerie!
If you know what to look for, a Full Retail Version, of the Tiger Install DVD, can also be purchased, sometimes less expensively, at some online Apple retailers, Amazon, eBay, FastMac, HardCore Mac, AllMac, etc.
Be sure not to purchase grey, upgrade or machine specific CDs or DVDs.
Tiger and Leopard are on DVD.
The disc should look exactly like the images in the above links, and not say Upgrade, CPU Drop-in DVD, or "This software is part of a hardware bundle purchase - not to be sold seperately." on it.
Additional info in these links.
Using OS X Install CDs/DVDs On Multiple Macs
What's A Computer Specific Mac OS X Release
Software Update, Upgrade: What's The Difference?
Caveat Emptor!
If any are presently available, examine these items very carefully, and if in doubt, ask questions of the seller before purchase!
Tiger On eBay
If your Mac meets the Tiger System Requirements, once Tiger 10.4x is installed, you can use the PPC 10.4.11 Combo Update, to upgrade to the current version.
Additionally, Tiger 10.4.x ships on a DVD, so if your Mac doesn’t have a built-in DVD-ROM player, or in your case, it isn't working, you will have to use an alternative method of installation.
Info here Installing Tiger Using Firewire Target Disk Mode.
And here Installing Tiger Without A DVD Drive.
The Tiger Media Exchange Program, referred to, is no longer available.
There is also a version available on CDs, at FastMac.
Shop Carefully, Examine All Documentation, And I Wish You Success!
ali b

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