Will updating to Leopard cause me to loose iLife 08??

Hi,
Just wondering if anyone can tell me whether I'll loose my version of iLife 08 if I purchase leopard? I recently bought a Macbook Pro that came with an installed version of iLife 08, and I don't want to loose it! I remember on my old Powerbook G4 when I updated to tiger I lost my version of iLife....
So basically If my question is if I go out and buy Leopard, insert the disk, upload it, will I find I no longer have iLife??
Can anyone help me with this?

No. Please search the discussions before posting. This question has been asked over and over again. Only if you do an erase and install will you lose iLife...and the rest of your software.

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