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Originally Posted by wawa1979
I have a PowerBook that is currently running 10.3.9. I really want a new computer but I don't think I can stretch to a new iMac so my next option is to just upgrade the PowerBook for $130. But I have heard horror stories about people who have done this and their computer died. Does anyone have any experience upgrading from Panther to Leopard?
Do you think that I should bring it into the new Apple Store in Sydney and get them to upgrade it so that it is done properly?
Also stupid question, but will I lose all my iTunes music and programs etc? I have a lot of apps that I got from someone else and installed but I no longer have the original discs to load them again.
Thnks
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I have done 12 Macs now to Leopard, and only one had a hitch, to where I had to a custom install, but at no time did I ever loose data.
I WOULD HIGHLY recommend that you clone your drive first onto a external drive with super duper or cloner (all free tools), then do a upgrade install, if anything goes wrong you still have a fully bootable drive on an external drive. If an upgrade install fails, then you can do a custom install or a clean install. I did this will all macs I have done upgrades on, Backup first, then upgrade. Safe option.