Converting to Intel/OS 10.6 from G5/10.5

I'm about to move to a new iMac/10.6 from my 5 year old G5/10.5.
Do I need to reinstall all my 3rd party software; MS Office, Photoshop, etc?
How about preferences, etc.? Can I use my old ones or do I need to start from scratch?
Any other advice?
Thanks.

I would move to Sno only if proper precautions are taken. More specifically, I wouldn't do it unless I first made a bootable clone of my internal volume on and external drive partition. Your clone would be your backup, possible migration medium, and fail-safe device.
From what you have said, I definitely would do an erase and install. But, note that the more you recover from your clone the more likely you are to bring problems with your Leo install to your Sno install. So, my tendency would be to drag and drop my files from Leo to Sno using [this guide|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=6185507]. Before doing so, I would acquire [Preferential Treatment|http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22790] and use this app to fix your user preferences--the items in your User/Library/Preferences folder. And, I would not migrate my users, settings, or apps.
If you migrate all your apps from your clone, then Office and Photoshop should be fine unless they are incompatible with Sno. Check the Sno [compatibility of all your apps and software here|http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/forum:start]. I emphasize the you will have to migrate all your apps in order to migrate these two, and, thus, would have to take a chance and go against my above migration recommendations. In this regard, single user does not mean single install. You should be able to reinstall either of the two apps you mention. Also, depending on the version, you should be able to deactivate your current install of Photoshop. Then, the install will not even count against you.

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