Well you're more familiar with Macs. This is his first Mac, and while you might be fine using Carbon Copy cloner and older 3rd party apps. I think the OP would prefer to have some of those things built in the OS, and to be able to use fairly recent software. Time Machine is a much better option for those who want a simple backup program they don't ever really have to mess with.
Plus again... he's running a dual G5, so the speed argument is pretty much irrelevant to him. As far as your iMac which is what I'm assuming is the bases for your last post, the reason it feels slower is because of the crappy graphics chip in it. A decent card (9600 for example) will make Leopard feel just as fast as it is.
i only went into Mac's just over a year ago , before i was using for a good year + linux various distros ...i guess i tried out all of them apart from the ones not available in english or german on my pc's ,before linux i had windows .. then it happend i fell in love with this little beast called eMac on ebay and OSX Tiger and that did set of a unstoppable avalanche , have now 3 eMacs (all 1.42 models ), 2 iMac g3 ,a powerMac sawtooth, a powerMac quicksilver, a powerMac g5 2.3 dual , a imac g5 , a powerMac 5500 and a TAM , not to mention a mini g4
and a broken iBook g4 and under restauration powerMac G3 (smurf server)and a performa ad another iMac g3 ......dont know really what else i need , a original Macintosh would be fine and a lisa I and II to see in reality how it all started ,
unlike other windows switchers who happen to test a g4 or g5 and then buy a new intel Mac i went in the opposite direction in the timeline and got lost there and i am running out of desk space here to place them all side by side in order
and no i tested leopard first on my mini g4 1.42 with 1 gb ram and ati 9200 with 32mb and then in one of my eMac's 1.42 with ati 9600 and 64mb ram ..then i threw the leopard disc in the bin , as i was so disappointed from it and could not imagine that it was made by the same company that made cheetah,puma, jaguar, panther , tiger , had a hackintoshed netbook too with snow leopard but i had no reception in the garden wireless, i hate wireless too its to modern i like wires
ok it might be ok for some this leopard , but for me it was a £80 wasted really