Order of songs in album retained in iTunes 6? Oldest OS for iTunes 7?

I still have iTunes 6 until I can make sure I can move up to an OS supporting all my current software and hardware (including digidesign 001 which interfaces my monitor speakers through a card in the back of my computer).
I notice that in iTunes 6, as I go and archive my music collection, songs are listed without the track number, and you only see the track number if you go to Get Info. I'm a little nervous that I'll lose track of which song belongs where in the album. Does iTunes 6 automatically keep them in track order within a single cd/album when I order the library by Artist name? And same for iTunes 7? This will also be pertinent when I archive my old vinyl albums to my hard drive.
As for iTunes 7, what is the earliest operating system it works with? Panther or Tiger? I'll try looking these questions up too. I'm also interested in what advantages iTunes 7 offers over iTunes 6.
I have had Panther and ilife 04 for a long time but not installed them due to concerns about my software not all being compatible. Eventualy I will be buying a new Leopard mac laptop and so all this worry about having the latest and greatest will be taken care of at that time, later in the spring. But for what's on my G4 at the moment, it's still Jaguar and it works with all my software and hardware. I'll inquire with digidesign about whether I can use Panther with my digi 001.

I also have two other questions. i can't yet find it in the Help file for iTunes 6 but I am not sure what the "part of a compilation" checkbox is for and why it can't tell itself. I have had two types of compilations: one where it's a single disc with various artists and one where it's a multi-disc compilation with one artist.
Also, I'm not sure what the "group with" blank is for (these are in Get Info). I'm trying to put all the proper notes in my Info settings and organize my library so that it's easy to use.
Does iTunes 7 do some aspect of this better?
If I "connect" to the internet to see gracetunes on this, will that wipe out all the detail I've added to track listings? Will it put any artwork with it? At present no artwork appears and I'm not sure what the artwork tab is for in Get Info. These are all for cd's i've previously bought and am archiving for myself.
Also, is there a quick way to get it to uncheck everything when it starts checking off songs automatically in my iTunes library?
I'm also interested in what "consolidate library" means.

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