How to check if my operating system is actually Leopard

I was told that all new Macs now ship with Leopard. But I thought I saw something about Panther when I was doing the initial set up. I just received my new macbook pro 17 inch today. This is my first Mac. So sorry for being a bit wet behind the ears here. Has anyone else had this experience, getting a new computer with an older operating system. I just spent over $3000 (well the equivalent, I paid in Korean won, since I live here) and would have though I'd get the newest operating system. I think Panther is not even the second newest. I had this machine upgraded to 7200 rpm hard drive and 2.6 ghz, and didn't expect this. Because of the upgrades I had to special order, I think it came from Singapore. Who would I contact to find out about this. I heard somewhere that you can get a cheap $10 upgrade or something like that.
Also, even though I live in Korea, and ordered from the Korean store, I did call the English number, so was surprised to receive all the manuals in Korean. I hate reading manuals and things on a computer screen. Will apple send me english manuals I wonder?

The way to find the operating system is exactly as Ray describes. The manuals that get shipped with the Mac don't have much more to them than standard boilerplate. The fact that you are set up, on the net, posting to a forum, means that there isn't anything in there you don't already know! There are far more details in the pdf manuals on the installation disk: "Welcome to Leopard".

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