rhealeyogden said:
my question is... is there an advantage to a clean install over an upgrade from 10.3.9 i just got my ibook this week and dont want to waste my time installing everything for me to have to do it all again in a week when my up to date copy comes
With Tiger, you will have 3 choices: (a) (custom) erase and install, (b) archive and install (and do preserve user and network settings if you have to choose), and (c) update. All the procedures should work well. However, if too much application-reinstallation time is not involved (for you), then I would choose (a). And although not much, if anything, is to be gained, I would write zeros to my internal before installing. Using (a) is the only way of being sure that you have the best install possible, although you should be very comfortable using the other procedures.
Personally, I have set up a (bootable) external firewire with 4 (actually 5) partitions: (1) holds my 10.3.9 version and (2), (3), and (4) will hold Tiger installed each of the 3 ways. Once I get (b) or (c) working properly, I will clone it to my internal. Then, I will take my time in getting (a) working just right. Subsequently, I will write zeros to my internal and clone (a) to the internal.
Obviously, I like to tinker. But, when done, I will be in a postion to say something about how well the 3 intallation methods work (at least how well they worked for me).
