[iBook] How far can I go into 10.x?

[Tom Legare]

If you're happy with 9.2.2 I would find another way to do your taxes. Many
times I've regretted going to OS X on my iBook 500 w/ 640MB of RAM, although
it IS stable and I get many of the new features. However, the days of being 
snappy" are long gone. My kid's Pentium II 366Mhz ancient laptop runs
Windows XP faster than my iBook running OS X 10.3.9. 
 
Just my opinion. 
 
Tom 
 
 
-------Original Message------- 
 
From: Drulard, Ted 
Date: 02/27/06 12:36:14 
To: ibook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com 
Subject: [iBook] How far can I go into 10.x? 
 
I like 9.2.2. 
I'm comfortable with 9.2.2. 
But TurboTax wants 10.2.8 at least. 
Yes, there are several advantages to the system upgrade (for instance, I
could get my photos directly off my Canon Powershot). But, well, see above. 
 
So
. 
I have a Graphite iBook SE (466 MHz w/ Firewire & CD/DVD-ROM), with 320 MB
RAM. 
Apple says that I can go to 10.4.5. 
1) Is 10.4.5 practicable on my machine? 
2) Would something between 10.4.5 & 10.2.8 be "better" in some way? 
3) If I want to get something less that 10.4.5, where do I get it? Would it
save money? 
4) As an option, could I install 10.2+ on my external firewire HD? If so,
how? 
 
(To those folks with the suggestions on how to get my photos from my Canon
Powershot 610; Thanks all of you for your suggestions. Yes I thought about
the card reader, I just wanted to make sure I hadn't missed an option with
just the camera and a cable. Evidently, not. Well, this upgrade will solve
that problem also. And I may still get the card reader, so I don't need to
start the camera just to retrieve the photos.) 
 
TIA for all thoughts. 
 
Tedmund Drulard 
E-mail: tdrulard at curtisswright.com