Decaflon

Just pre-ordered...It should be pretty sweet.

I wish iChat was available for windows though, as there's some pretty awesome new features in there, but they're fairly limited when it only works with other people running iChat...

I broke down and pre-ordered the family pack.

I'll get it before I could at the store and I wont' have to fight traffic.

I would have loved to have ordered Leopard from Amazon but sadly they will not deliver it to an APO address for some unknown reason. So I will probably end up buying it locally, which is a shame since I will end up paying a bit extra in the long run.

It's a step forward. Definitely worth spending on it.

I've never upgraded OS x on a Mac before, so can someone shine light on how easy it is? Will I need to reinstall all of my applications and stuff after upgrading, or does it handle all of that?

You put the disk in, it will prompt you to reboot. It will ask a few questions after booting (language, keyboard preference) then it will take an hour or so depending on your machine.

When it's done you'll be sitting on your Leopard desktop. All your files where they were, other than the system files.

The only reason you'd have to reinstall an app is if it's incompatible (very unlikely,) or it's placed files in system folders (also unlikely, but not unheard of.)

Yeah it doesn't take much more than a reboot onto the CD to upgrade your OS on a Mac.

Just run it, go take the dog for a walk and it should be all set.