I'm stuck tring to update my G3 ibook to at least OS 10.3.9. The apple update circus keeps me at 10.0.4, any suggestions out there?.....................trying to avoid Geek Squad!!!!!!!!

Having the same issue: Power Mac G4 running OS X 10.2.8; want to upgrade to tiger, but need to be at least 10.3 to get there. Do I really need to buy an intermediate upgrade? If so, where would I even look--I've been hunting around the apple site with no luck. Sorry to be lame--I'm a PC user trying to switch, but having serious second thoughts....

The differences between OSX 10.1, 10.2, 10.3 etc. are the same as the differences between windows 95 and 98, or ME , or XP etc..they're all different releases.. Just as you can't get an update to turn win 98 into ME or NT4 into Win XP, same here. The Mac OS updates are 'point' updates, that is 10.1 can go up to 10.15, 10.3 can go up to 10.39, etc.. Mac OS X is inexpensive anyways , especially compared to newer copies of windows with similar functionality (like, say, Win2000 variants, or Win XP Pro..), particularly used copies of 10.3 and earlier are getting quite cheap..(although it's a relative dinosaur for OSX, i got my copy of 10.1 for $10 Can.) , so it's worth buying a copy of at least 10.2, or preferably 10.3 used. On Ebay, say..there's lots of copies there...

thanks dominicus, for the heads up, its been a while since I've been a part of the OS circus. :)

If you buy the Tiger disc you can do a clean install - although I am assuming that you are upgrading direct from the site at a cheaper cost? Regards, Kyomii