Reinstallation question

I had some problems with Tiger and wound up doing an "Archive and Install." Now I have a folder named "Previous Systems," which takes up over 5 gb of disk space. Is this necessary to keep, or can I delete it? Thanks.

Aaron,
This is an excerpt from: Mac OS X 10.4: About installation options
You might wonder, "What do I do with the Previous System folder?" It may contain items that you need. To determine this, once you've finished configuring, installing, and updating your applications, compare the Previous System to the new System. If there are things in the Previous System folder that aren't in the new System folder, just copy them over. If you're not sure what some items are (and don't seem to need them), leave them in the Previous System folder. Once you're comfortable that you've got everything you need out of it, you can delete the Previous System folder (or leave it around if you're not low on disk space).
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