10.4 to 10.5 ?

I have a G5 running 10.4. I planned on skipping Leopard and updating
to Snow Leopard but now find out that 10.5 will be the end of the line
for OS updates. So I'm thinking I may as well upgrade to 10.5 now. I'm
not really interested in any particular feature of 10.5. I'm just
thinking of doing this to forestall eventual obsolescence a bit
longer. For instance I was thinking to update to iLife 09 and see that
it requires 10.5.

I'm a bit concerned, however, by reading about issues/hassles people
had in going to Leopard. Maybe that was with the original version. It
looks like the version I would be buying is 10.5.6. Is that fairly
safe to do?

Also, it appears that the Mac Box Set Family Pack may be the most
economical way to do this. My kids' MacBooks have 10.5 already. I
would use the new software to update my G5 to 10.5 and everyone to
iLife 09. Any issues with this approach?

Thanks.

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pixel_a_ted <> wrote:

> Also, it appears that the Mac Box Set Family Pack may be the most
> economical way to do this. My kids' MacBooks have 10.5 already. I
> would use the new software to update my G5 to 10.5 and everyone to
> iLife 09. Any issues with this approach?

No issues at all. Just be sure to update everything after you install.
Leopard is up to 10.5.7 already, and 10.5.8 may be out by the time you
get Leopard. Also, the iWork and iLife apps have all had updates.

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pixel_a_ted wrote:

> I have a G5 running 10.4. I planned on skipping Leopard and updating
> to Snow Leopard but now find out that 10.5 will be the end of the line
> for OS updates. So I'm thinking I may as well upgrade to 10.5 now. I'm
> not really interested in any particular feature of 10.5. I'm just
> thinking of doing this to forestall eventual obsolescence a bit
> longer. For instance I was thinking to update to iLife 09 and see that
> it requires 10.5.
>
> I'm a bit concerned, however, by reading about issues/hassles people
> had in going to Leopard. Maybe that was with the original version. It
> looks like the version I would be buying is 10.5.6. Is that fairly
> safe to do?

Everyone has a different story, no doubt. In addition to three Intel
Macs, we are running 10.5.7 on a Dual G5 and on the kick-around
PowerBook G4 that I'm using to post this. No problems.

>
> Also, it appears that the Mac Box Set Family Pack may be the most
> economical way to do this. My kids' MacBooks have 10.5 already. I
> would use the new software to update my G5 to 10.5 and everyone to
> iLife 09. Any issues with this approach?

Unquestionably the way to go. As little as $140 if you qualify for a
discount from Apple--and there are a zillion ways to do that.

Davoud

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> Unquestionably the way to go. As little as $140 if you qualify for a
> discount from Apple--and there are a zillion ways to do that.

Can you give some examples? Apple's education store doesn't seem to be
a bargain.

Also, good to hear about your update experience.

Thanks.

Davoud wrote:
> > Unquestionably the way to go. As little as $140 if you qualify for a
> > discount from Apple--and there are a zillion ways to do that.


pixel_a_ted replied:
> Can you give some examples? Apple's education store doesn't seem to be
> a bargain.
>
> Also, good to hear about your update experience.

Sheesh! Apple does strange things with their discount pricing. I can
shop at the business store because I'm a member of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, which has made a deal with
Apple for its members. I am also a member of Veterans Advantage, which
leads to the government/purchase for-self-store. My wife and I are
affiliated with a community college, and also qualify for educational
pricing. I hadn't checked the education store--seems to be full price
of $169, while it's $140 at the business and government stores. I can't
explain that; sometimes it seems like whimsy might be a factor.

In the military? Gov't employee or contractor in the immediate family?
There have to be a bunch of discounts through other organizations that
I am unaware of. An engineer at Apple told me once at MacWorld NY that
Apple had so many discount programs that "hardly anyone" was paying
retail. That was no doubt an exaggeration, but it was in the ballpark.

I recall when virtually all Apple-brand software was flat half-price.
When I first bought Final Cut Pro and DVD Studio Pro they were separate
packages, before they were bundled into Final Cut Studio. The cost of
the apps was $1,000 *each* . My price would have been $1,000 for both,
but Apple had a deal--$300 off if you bought both at once. And it
applied to discount pricing as well as full price. I paid $700 for
software that would have cost $1,700 at retail at that time.

Davoud

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