Actually, you shouldn't need the retail package, per se. The Leopard Developers dmg is available in many places online for developer work. If you make an install disk from it, it will update to 10.5.8 online - for now. Not sure how long it will be before the update servers go away, just like they did for 10.3.x and 10.4.x ----- Original Message ----- From: "BAUCOM ROBERT H." <rbtbcm at owc.net> To: G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 6:28:21 PM Subject: [G4] Leopard OS10.5.8 on a Quicksilver Jim Kirk, This is a most desirable upgrade. However, the prices I've seen on LEMswap for the retail disks are Outrageous. Much more than I paid retail to OWC originally. Don't find it retail anywhere so, maybe you know someone with the disks you can borrow. You didn't mention (or I missed it) the amount of your SDRAM memory. I would suggest that you max this. I have the Leopard OS10.5.8 on my 1.25GHz eMac, My 2000 Quicksilver W/ 1.25 GHz Upgrade and a 2000 Quicksilver W/933 GHz upgrade. Though the eMac is only 1GB of SDRAM, it's plenty fast for eMail and typewriter work. The only problem I've had is the eMac G4 won't take the AppleWorks 6.2.9 upgrade from 6.2.7. Both the Quicksilvers uploaded with out a problem. Appleworks 6.2.7 is prone to crash with OS10.5.8 and that's a pain. Though I have Nisus Writer Pro and iWORKS 9, most of my letter heads, envelopes and Spread Sheet Lists are in AppleWorks and it's so much less hassle. Any one have a clue on this problem? RHB If you think that a computer is saving you time ... let me sell you this lot, here in the middle of this swamp. -- the old curmudgeon _______________________________________________ G4 mailing list G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/g4/attachments/20120227/198881bb/attachment.htm>