Should I Wait Til new OS or not

hi,
I'm wanting to get a new laptop and i want it to be a mac, actually i'm planning on getting a macbook pro. I do want to wait until the 7200 RPM hard drives are available in the "15 version. But i don't feel like waiting til that Leopard is out or whatever they call it. Is upgrading an OS on a MAC as big of a deal and possible inconvenience as it is on a PC. Some advice please thanks

Kaleb
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Please start a new topic thread if you are having trouble with a MacBook Pro and airport, as that has nothing to do with the question here. Here is the post new topic link:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1149&start=0
jpeterross,
As for whether you can update now or later, only you can tell what your needs are. Mac OS X is very stable now, and every new Mac can only boot the system it came with or later up to a hardware limitation. Thus waiting till Leopard, you'll find new Macs that likely (this could change, but this type of limitation hasn't changed since the first Mac) won't be able to boot into Tiger eventually. Why wait for everyone else to catch up into Leopard compatibility, when you can be assured that compatibility today with the current operating system? Ask whether Tiger can run what you need today? And if it can, and you can afford a new Mac today, go ahead and get one. Don't let the preponderance of issues on this board deter you into thinking Macs are filled with issues. Most have no issues, and thus people using them have nothing to report.
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