Well guess what?
I got back to work and been swamped here since - no chance to upgrade. I'm not all that despondent either - with what I've been reading about some of the bugs and so forth, especially Time Machine being so picky about formatting and all...
No, looks like 10.4.11 will last a while, even though the Boot Camp beta is expired, which doesn't matter as long as I don't need updated drivers (which there are ways around, eh?
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DJ, our media/creative people are in the same boat with you in some ways, and will likely continue to support themselves (with some help from me if needed...) on past the point where our "official" IT support moves to 10.5 officially, due to occur shortly after the holidays.