paulatx1 at aol.com tapped out this message on 2/13/2003 12:46 PM > Personally I think you made the mistake when you didn't buy the machine >that would run the operating system that you prefer. I was slightly misled, slightly reckless. I assumed RUNNING OS 9 meant I could boot with the CD and use it to reformat. I think Apple is irresponsible to make their machines only run X, because they should not be the ones who tell us we must upgrade. I will continue to "play" with X, but I do not feel safe using it and putting all my important files on it. Unfortunately, it behaves far too much like many a Dozer machine I've used.