


I haven't used them seriously since the upgrade, but they open and load files OK.

I have CS3 on that computer, and the programs still appear to work OK. "Technically, yes, it would upgrade a Tiger install, but in the licensing, no. The last OpenOffice version supporting Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger), 10.5 (Leopard), 10.6 (Snow Leopard) is OpenOffice 4.0.1. Last weekend I upgraded my iMac from 10.4.11 using the current retail Snow Leopard disc, 10.6.3. "we wanted to make that as attractive as possible" "if you have Snow Leopard it's great to have the latest iWork and iLife" "it's great when people get the full experience" "We just think that Apple customers could really benefit from having those. To hear it straight from Apple, here are the answers from Alan Eyzaguire, director of software product marketing at Apple Europe to this question. The Box Set includes additional software that typically comes with a new Mac (and some that doesn't) and it is recommended by Apple to 'upgrade your Mac experience' because it is more like buying a new Mac than just upgrading the operating system. Technically, you the Snow Leopard retail package will upgrade intel based Macs running Mac OS X Tiger 10.4, however it is against the terms of the End User License Agreement (EULA). It became the second-longest running Apple OS after Tiger and the last to need a physical disc after the introduction of the Mac App Store in the Snow Leopard 10.6.6 update. Apple wants you to buy the Box Set in order to upgrade from Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 to Snow Leopard.
