Mac OS X--Update?

Lawrence Lupkin · Post by **Lawrence Lupkin** » 26 May 2006 12:41 pm

I'm using OS X 10.2.8. Do I need to get a higher version to stay functional?

Thanks!

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 26 May 2006 8:53 pm

I've seen a lot of software that requires 10.3 or higher. I'm at 10.3.9. I'm hesitant to plop down money for an upgrade as long as what I have works.

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bob drawbaugh · Post by **bob drawbaugh** » 28 May 2006 6:49 am

It depends on what you want to do. But, I'm with Bob why upgrade if you don't need to.

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 28 May 2006 4:45 pm

Yeah, it depends on what you need and what hardware you're using as to whether or not you should upgrade to the latest version of OS X (10.4 aka Tiger).
Here's Apple's list of over 200 new features in Tiger, some of which are actually useful and lots of which are pretty cool.

Lawrence Lupkin · Post by **Lawrence Lupkin** » 29 May 2006 1:27 pm

I was having trouble playing an MP4 file. Is that unrelated to my version? Otherwise, I'm happy with what I have.

Thanks!

Dave Van Allen · Post by **Dave Van Allen** » 30 May 2006 7:40 am

ability to open a flavor of MP4 would likely be tied to the version of Quicktime you have, which may not be updateable to a newer version if you haven't upgraded the OS... so it's possible you'd need to upgrade the OS to upgrade QT to open the file... and the configuration of your system (processor, amount of RAM etc) may be a factor in whether you can make the upgrade of the OS. older G3's and G4's might technically be able to run OS X 10.4 but it might not be the quality of experience you'd desire.

If you are happy where you are, then live there a while and save your pennies for an Intel Mini or MacBook with a big slab of RAM...[This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 30 May 2006 at 08:44 AM.]

John McClung · Post by **John McClung** » 30 May 2006 8:53 pm

I use Tiger at work, it's a nice step up from Panther. Spotlight is powerful, though a little bit counter-intuitive. iDisk volumes mount much quicker, if you have a .mac account and use it to transfer files (we have a work iDisk for just such use, works great and saves mucho time and money). I understand Font Book is much better and more powerful, don't have much personal knowledge about that.

But Dave is probably right: you need a newer QuickTime, or even QT Pro, to play an MP4. Just my hunch.

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Lawrence Lupkin · Post by **Lawrence Lupkin** » 31 May 2006 5:18 am

Okey doke. Thanks guys.