Questions About Leopard Compared to Tiger

Hi Gang
I'm about to load either Tiger or Leopard in a new system drive. I'm an experienced Mac user and Final Cut editor. Just trying to decide on which OS to load. I do know that my older Adobe Photoshop 7.0 and Adobe After Effects 7.0 will NOT work in Leopard. I also know, (from experience), Leopard's 'Repair Disk Permissions', and 'Repair Disk' take a Lifetime to accomplish compared to Tiger 10.4.11. I also know that iDVD from iLife 06, (among other things), will NOT work in Leopard.
My personal opinion, it just seems Leopard has more 'Bells and Whistles' and of course forcing you to buy more and more updated software programs that will be compatible.
Does anyone have a link that points/lists most issues/compatibilty/problems to expect after installing Leopard?
Thanx
Mike

Hi ENIGMACODE
While I can't speak for Adobe products or there Support?
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1046_3-1023167.html
http://www.9to5mac.com/adobe_apology
I have not upgraded to either iLife 08 or 09 and my iLife 06 App's run just fine in Leopard. Example's: iPhoto 6.0.6, iMovie HD 6.0.3, iDVD 6.0.4, even Comic's Life and BBB Games just to name a few still run in Leopard.
Dennis

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