Converting from Tiger and Panther to Leopard

I'm a relatively new Mac user and I am very impressed with what I saw in the Leopard. Because I have not had to deal with the upgrade process I do not know what I need to do for my machine. Can anyone help me out or pass on some hints and techniques possibly used when converting OS 9 to OSX?

Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions. 
Given the age of the iMac (Flat Panel) we cannot be sure that Apple will support Leopard on them. (As a new Mac user I suspect you actually have an Intel iMac and not an iMac (Flat Panel)).
However there is literally nothing to upgrading between versions of OS X; your Mac will do it all for you. Just insert the DVD and click "Upgrade". I would advise taking a good backup before hand just in case.
Moving between OS 9 and OS X was slightly more convoluted because Apple completely changed the OS and OS 9 software did not work natively under OS X, firmware had to be updated etc. Such architectural changes are not been made this time. The move from 10.4 to 10.5 will be very very easy.
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