Why is OS 10.3 a "system requirement"

I just picked up a 4 GB iPod Nano yesterday. I am still running OS 10.2.8 on my iMac. The system requirements for the Nano indicate that OS 10.3 is required to use the Nano. However, I hooked the Nano up to my iMac and it syched with iTunes (the newest version) just fine. Is there any reason to upgrade the OS or should I just stick with what seems to work? Thanks in advance.

When you need to use the iPod Updater utility for anything (Updating the firmware, doing a Restore) you won't be able to.
The iPod Updater Utility requires an OS later than 10.2.8.

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