Want to upgrade to Tiger OS X 10.4 but only have a CD drive
From my understanding, the Tiger install requires a DVD drive - is this correct and is there a simple, economical way around this? I believe I need to upgrade to Tiger so I can use iTunes and eliminate some other compatibility problems - is this true or not? Please help.
hodgemic wrote:
Thanks Jim - did your dad upgrade from OS X 10.2 and if so, were there any issues with the upgrade? My machine has 384MB RAM - do you think this is sufficient for running Tiger? My main areas of usage are the internet, word, excel, itunes, and some language programs (rosetta stone, linkword) Any light you can shed before I make the leap would be great - thanks.
Yes, he was upgraded from 10.2 to 10.3. I did a straight 'upgrade' rather than an 'archive & install' or 'erase & install' and it all went perfectly (although the iMac had a fresh install of 10.2 just a couple of months before).
I can confirm that the apps. you mention - word (2004), excel (2004), iTunes, Rosetta Stone - run fine under Panther (10.3) as those are also ones he uses (I believe Office 2008 requires at least Tiger though). He has 512MB RAM installed.
As for Tiger, as I said, I haven't upgraded him yet but it runs well on my G3 iBook, but it does have 640MB RAM.
Apple's system requirements state "At least 256 MB of RAM" so you may be OK with 384MB RAM - if it was me I'd prefer to have at least 512MB RAM, and the more RAM you have the better Tiger will run and the better experience you'll have.
System requirments for Panther are "a minimum of 128MB of memory" so you may be better going for that if you don't want to buy more RAM. Even so, it's still a good investment to buy more RAM whatever OS you use.
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