Just bought MBP - Install Leopard or keep Tiger ?

Hi

Just bought a MPB base model today on clearance from C-USA.
Strangely enough it has Tiger installed but also has a "CPU Drop-in DVD" of Leopard in the box, which I assume is the full version of Leopard (am I correct?).
Another interesting factor is that it also has both Tiger install CDs or DVDs.

My question is, should I just do a fresh install of Leopard right away or just stick with Tiger for now ?
Is Leopard stable enough already ?
The notebook is for the wife although I'll be using it from time to time to just play around with it but one of the biggest things that "bug" me about Tiger is how it lacks the general responsiveness compared to Windows (please don't try to argue on this one, the difference is quite noticeable).
From what I've read is that Leopard is much more responsive vs Tiger but my concern is of its stability right now vs Tiger.
I know that some programs may not run under Leopard, etc, but not taking that into account, is the stability and responsiveness good enough to install Leopard right now??
As you may understand I don't want to wait a few weeks after I install a bunch of apps and then decide to reinstall from scratch.

Appreciate your concrete opinions and knowledge on this

 

i'd say go with leopard, they released an update for it yesterday so there'll be fewer bugs than before.

 

Install Leopard. With the 10.5.2 release there's almost no more reason not to upgrade.

 

Install Leopard. It has very few bugs and they have fixed/changed a bunch of the little annoyances that made it hard to work with.

 

Yes, it's the full version of Leopard. As everyone else has said, install leopard. The 10.5.2 update fixed a lot of the problems, and there's no reasons not to upgrade, really.

 

Does that mean you've installed Windows on the computer to compare it?


In response to your initial question, if you've got Leopard you might as well install it. The only reason I haven't is because it'll cost me 100+ dollars.

 

If you havent done much on the Tiger portion, just do an Erase and Install to upgrade to Leopard. Software updates after that, and you're golden.

 

Install Leopard. It's stable enough.

Erase & Install, use the Customize button to exclude unnecessary languages, printer drivers, applications, etc., then get the Mac OS X 10.5.2 Combo Update and finally run Software Update.

 

Yeah, Leopard's fine now, unless you still have some applications that won't work on Leopard...but I think you're okay.

 

Definately go with Leopard with 10.5.2 update it is even better runs super great. I don't even want to look at Tiger. with that update u can get rid of transparent menu bar so... Leopard is the way son.

 

Great, thanks for all your input, especially the custom install tip. All those trial version programs take up a lot of space.

Another question that came up - I started up Tiger yesterday, did some updates and just played around with it.
My question is, if Tiger is probably registered already would someone else be able to install it on a different mac?
Basically if I don't need Tiger anymore, I'd like to sell it if I can.

By the way, thanks to all those who answered and if you're interested compusa has applecare at 50% off orig. price so its something like $170, which I think is pretty good and you don't have to deal with Ebayers who sell it for about that much.

 

I think you can only install Tiger or any other Mac OS X on one computer.

 

Hey, you may want to call up CompUSA and see why you didn't get Leopard. I bought my macbook on 1/31/08 from Comp USA in Ft Lauderdale and it had Leopard preinstalled. A late 2007 model.

 

My wife's MBP came the same as yours with the drop-in DVD for leopard. I had to use the other "tiger" disks to install iLife and iWork as the drop-in DVD is OS-only.

My MBP came with 10.5 pre-installed and has just the two grey disks for leopard and iLife etc....

I didn't bother with Tiger and went straight for 10.5 and really like it.

 

I think legally you're not supposed to install tiger/leopard on more then one pc (the one that it came with). Unless you bought it separately, or you get a multiple license deal.

But technically, it will work on another computer. I'm guessing if a friend had their cds scratched or something, you could lend them yours.

But all of that may be a bit grey in legality.

 

The Tiger CDs that you have will only work with the model of laptop that they came with. So no, you won't be able to sell them (it's also against the license agreement).

OSx also doesn't need registration like Windows does. So you COULD technically install it on as many machines as you want, but again it's against the licensing agreement and you would be breaking the law.

I disagree that OSx is less "responsive" than Windows. It's true that there is a difference in the way they load and display certain things but I wouldn't necessarily characterize it as "less responsive".