Thank you everyone for your suggestions...
I'm going have a really good Mac "guru" install Panther... he says he can do it without updating software -- I hope so!
I'm running 10.3.9 on a Mac dual 1.8 GHz PowerPC G5 with 2 GB DDR SDRAM. I don't want to have to buy all new software if I upgrade to a newer system, hopefully 10.5. Software I'm using: Quark 6.1, Office 2004, Adobe CS, Suitcase 11.04, Acrobat 6.0... Will these programs still work if I upgrade...