Changing to Leopard

I have a year old macbook pro, I'm changing to Leopard, I read some people have problems, What do you say, do I change?
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Leopard has been out for quite a while now and most of the early bugs have been patched (although, I've never had any issues even with the initial release). It's really up to you. Leopard doesn't offer anything amazingly new... but it is a nice change and TimeMachine is worthwhile for people who are not accustomed to making regular backups. That said, an OS upgrade is still fairly major. While I wouldn't expect to have any problems, it's still a good idea to backup your important data... just in case (although, you should be backing up your important data anyway).

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