Leopard on intel imac aluminum

Hi. I have the 20" intel imac, 2 ghz. im currently running tiger 10.4.11 and was thinking of changing to leopard, but have heard mixed reviews.
has anyone had great success or failure at this?
any insight would be great.
Thanks so much

I have to add a me too to Daniel's reply. I got the first release of Leopard and have been doing all of the software updates, with the updates I have seen Leopard getting better and better. So my advice is when you install Leopard don't forget to install all your updates. The current release with all the updates makes Leopard very stable.

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    You won't be able to sync calenders or contacts through iCloud with SL, but you can view everything through a web browser.
    If the syncing is not a big deal for you between Apple devices, then I don't think you have a lot to worry about.
    If you do, I was in the same boat and bought a used iMac with a Intel Core 2 Duo processor and sold my old one. Didn't cost that much to be honest, and I am able to run Lion on the new (used) iMac. If you buy used, make sure the seller has the box and original install CD's and packaging. You can always meet the seller in an Apple Store if local to have it checked out.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4918

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