What to watch for when switching to Leopard?

I just ordered a new Macbook Pro and it will come preinstalled with Leopard. What software can I expect not to work? I believe there is no classic support so my OS 9 apps are out, But with my backed-up stuff from tiger should I expect a smooth migration? I really dont feel like ugprading alot of software just after spending what I did for the MBP. Any help would be appreciated.
Jerry

Are you connecting to the internet wirelessly? If so I would be interested to hear how it goes for you with a brand new macBook and 10.5. If you hadn't noticed (from these usergroups), 10.5, (10.5.2 in particular) is playing havoc on formerly bulletproof wireless systems.
Regarding apps. Photoshop CS 3 and Golive are the two main apps I use and I haven't noticed any difference with Photoshop, it supposedly fixed an issue with Photoshop under 10.4 regarding measurment units but I never had the problem in the first place so I can't say if it fixed it. Time machine is the big selling point IMHO as I now know my stuff is properly backed up all the time.
Apart from time machine (big plus) and the wireless problems (huge minus) its really not a huge upgrade for us non geeks. I was quite happy with 10.4 and would have stayed with it had I known what 10.5.2 was going to do to my MacBooks wireless capability.

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