Should I dump Classic now that I'm running 10.4.6?

I just upgraded to Tiger to support my middle-schooler's new iPod. With the sluggish performance that followed (I was running 10.3.4 before), I searched the forums and ran across a suggestion to dump Classic if your system runs slower than before. Now I can't find that suggestion again. Help! Thank you.
eMac   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

Try using Disk Utility to repair your startup disk (hard drive) as shown in Dr.Smokes Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption and see if that helps. Repair Permissions too.
Let us know what errors it reports and if DU was able to repair them. A Disk Repair is a good idea before you install a new system also.
Cheers!
DALE

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