Should I wait on editing video until I get snow leopard?

I see people are having problems with there videos after upgrading to snow leopard. I plan on getting just not yet. Since I haven't started editing yet, should I get snow leopard first, so I don't run into any compatibility problems?

I haven't had any issues upgrading to Snow Leopard, and all my projects are still working.
But it is generally good practice not to make a major change in the middle of an important project. Also, if it is important, back it up. In my case, I kept a bootable backup of my Leopard system until it was clear that SL was working for me.

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I have a G4 running Leopard and calling from the Snow Leopard MacBook Pro gets the Declined message where as starting from the G4 and calling the Macbook Pro even using an AIM Buddy list, works.
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