To purchase Leopard, or not Oct23 '07

I have been considering purchasing Mac OS X "Leopard," when it hits the shelves this Friday evening. Although the new features are nice, there are pretty considerable reasons why I may not need any of them.

A lot of the new features involve aspects of desktop computing that I no longer use.

I don't use the dock, so the new desktop features are almost worthless.
I don't retain files on my local hard drive, so Time Machine is irrelevant.
I don't use Mail, iChat, or Safari.
Spaces looks useful for managing clutter, but I fear it will just cause more clutter in the long run.

So, truthfully, the only reason I'd be upgrading is for the new Finder enhancements and Quick Look.

Is that worth the $109 price tag (at Amazon)?

You tell me. What else would I benefit from by upgrading?

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