Upgrading to leapord sucessfully in regard to fcp.

I am going to be upgrading my MAC Pro to leapord soon. As final cut is my main application run on the computer, what is my best way to upgrade and not wreck anything? A clean install then reinstall the studio? Or should I just do the upgrade as I have all the latest FCP downloads( I have no Projects out at the time, so loss of projects is no concern to me)
thks!

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Too rich? I remember not long ago a 9 gig removable drive for a Protools rig was $1000.00 so if you don't want to spend anymore money, take up a different line of work and send me your MacPro, I'll give it a good home.

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- Working through the Better Business Bureau to file a complaint against Apple for the misrepresentation and getting them to replace the product for the abused customers.
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