Al Thanks for your input I was thinking the same thing but didn't really know. I have been very happy with panther and with Konfubulator's Wigits so I wasn't seeing the real need to upgrade. Price is a big issue as well. Take care MIke --- Al Poulin <alpoulin at cox.net> wrote: > On Mar 7, 2006, at 8:55 AM, Mike Binstock wrote: > > > I am thinking of upgrading to Tiger from Panther > on my > > Emac G4 with 700+ memory. I hear Tiger is faster > but > > I am very happy with Panther, my question is > should I > > take the next step? With the new intel :( machines > is > > there any need to keep my Emac up to speed with > the > > current OS? > > I have Panther on my G4/733 QuickSilver. Yes, Tiger > may be a bit > faster. But I do not yet have a good reason to > spend money for Tiger. > However, the new search capability, Spotlight, could > become the trigger > reason to make the move. By the way, I also have > the latest iBook, > with Tiger 10.4.2 out of the factory. I haven't > seen anything that > tells me I need Tiger on the QuickSilver. > > I don't think the new Intel Core machines have > anything to do with this > discussion. > > Al Poulin > Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, > forgiveness is for God, > proactive self-defense is for the rest of us. > > _______________________________________________ > X-Newbies mailing list > X-Newbies at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-newbies > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage > Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com