Leopard and PowerPC applications

I've almost convinced myself to buy a new iMac and would appreciate knowing how Word 2004 and Final Draft 7, both written for the PowerPC, will run on Leopard. I seem to recall some dissatisfaction with earlier hardware/software configurations running these programs on Intel machines.
Thanks for any information you can pass along.
George

Office 2004 apps runs perfectly. Just ensure that you've updated to 11.5.0. I don't know the other app, so you'll have to check it's website for Leopard compatibility. BTW, check out http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1872713 before migrating from the old machine.

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