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Best Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Prices

2012.01.24

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Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger was the longest-lived version of OS X to date with 30 months on the market. It was released on April 29, 2005 and replaced by OS X 10.5 Leopard on October 26, 2007. Tiger officially requires a G3 or later Mac with FireWire, 256 MB of RAM, and 3 GB of available hard drive space. Tiger generally shipped on DVD, although users could order a CD-ROM version or do a media exchange with Apple for $20. See Installing OS X 10.4 Tiger on DVD-Challenged Macs Using FireWire Target Disk Mode for tips on installing Tiger on Macs without DVD-compatible drives.

The 5-user family pack is generally the most economical way to buy any version of OS X for two to five Macs.

Tiger runs on all slot-loading iMacs (even the FireWire-free 350 MHz model), G4 PowerBooks, G4 Power Macs, G3 iBooks, and the Pismo PowerBook G3. We recommend at least 512 MB of RAM for good performance, and Tiger can be slower than Panther (10.3) on some older G3 systems.

A version of OS X 10.4.4 was released with the first Intel-based Macs in January 2006. Through the remainder of Tiger's life, there were separate PowerPC and Intel versions of OS X 10.4. It was only with Leopard (OS X 10.5) that Apple delivered a universal installer and operating system for both hardware platforms.

Tiger supports Classic Mode only on PowerPC Macs - but not on Intel-based Macs. Classic Mode lets you run Mac OS 9.2.2 within OS X so you can access legacy software. You must have a copy of Mac OS 9.2.2 to use Classic Mode. For prices on Mac OS 9.2.2, see our Best Classic Mac OS Prices.

Upgrade bundles (OS X 10.3 + the 10.4 upgrade) require a Mac that can run Mac OS X 10.3.

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Best Mac OS X 10.4 Prices

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