Tiger 10.4.11 vs Leopard 10.5 did I get the right one for me?

I recently installed Tiger 10.4.11 ..waiting for iLife 05 and Office Mac S&T Edition to arrive.
I chose Tiger 10.4 over Leopard 10.5 b/c of Leopard's recommended processor speed of 867 ...mine is 667.
I now realize that some folks in the forum are running Leopard 10.5.
Did I choose wisely or not? Not sure what I am missing.
TIA, Barb

I'm half asleep and can't think of the name right now, but 10.5 (and up) has built-in VNC so you can use remote desktop (see/use another computer's desktop just like you're on that other computer) without any additional software. With 10.4 I have to use a third-party app (was using ChickenoftheVNC, now using JollysFastVNC), which is free, but not very fast and not bug-free. In any case, it allows me to be on any one of my computers and work on/from a different one, just like I'm on the other one (ok, I'm not sure I can even make sense of that ).

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