In summary, AFAICT, when you buy Tiger, you no longer get:
1. Classic included. Needs a copy of OS 9. (But it always did, and Apple ceased shipping OS 9 with Jaguar.) Under Jag and Pan, Apple ran a fulfillment program. Purchasers of Jag or Pan could buy a copy of OS 9 for a low shipping charge so they could run Classic. This option seems to have disappeared from Apple's web-site.
2. iLife included, except (cynically?) for iTunes. The three basic iApps (iTunes, iMovie3, IPhoto2) are still freely available. They were also included with Jag and Pan. Since Pan, they have been updated twice in iLife 04, and iLife 05. File formats have changed. Arguably, the new versions are better, but they ain't free any more. And they don't come with Tiger, so you must buy them separately as an iLife box. iDVD has always been non-free, of course (perhaps because of MPEG licencing issues).
3. Classic AppleShare. AFP over AppleTalk has been disabled, to the apparent annoyance of many academic organisations who have legacy AppleShare servers tucked away in dark corners.
4. IE included. It's available as a download from MS. Given Safari and Firefox, IE should only be a rare need for Mac OS X users.
5. Acrobat Reader included. It's available as a download from Adobe. Given Preview, Acrobat Reader is less essential.
6. Stuffit Expander included. It's available as a download from Aladdin/Allume. And mercifully doesn't need itself to expand itself.
Not show-stoppers. Just extra hassles all round.
GWW
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