Migration from old to new MacBook Pro

Old machine uses Leopard. New machine uses Snow Leopard. If I use migration assistant from old to new, will new machine end up with Leopard instead of retaining Snow Leopard?

Hi guys, sorry to bug in. I searched on the different discussions available and found yours to be closest to my query.
I hope you don't me popping a few questions regarding Migration Assistant.
I have had a MacBook Air for about 2 years now, and recently bought a MacBook Pro.
I performed a Migration of the content in MBA to MBP and it was successful as far as content transfer is concerned.
Now I have the database from the MBA in the new MBP, but none of the user setting or Applications were "installed". I tried to open "Applications", "Movies" folders, but I was not allowed to open them.
Is it possible to migrate the content and use as if it was in MBA? Or do I have to download and reinstall the various programs/applications I had in MBA again? (eg Handbrake, VM Fusion, etc)?
Much appreciated for your time & feedback.
Tony

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