If I buy a new MBP now will it have Leopard or Tiger OS installed?

I intend to buy a new Mac computer within the next few weeks, probably a Macbook Pro. Are all new Macs shipping with OSX Leopard pre installed or do you have to run the installation DVD? Given the problems there seem to be with the installations for many people I would prefer not to have to deal with all of that on a brand new straight from the box computer. Would it be better to wait a while before buying until the new system settles down and/or bug fixes have been issued.

The installation itself went fine - took about 30 to 45 minutes. The only slight oddity was that I was unable to uninstall the Microsoft Office Test Drive using the Microsoft uninstaller - the uninstaller couldn't find anything to uninstall. In the end I had to use AppZapper to get rid of the files.

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