Alternately, you could connect a large Thunderbolt external drive and install Snow Leopard there and boot to that drive. Then you would have the OEM install of Lion ready to go for the day that you want to upgrade. On Jun 25, 2012, at 10:42 PM, Al Jones wrote: My G4 MDD running Mac OS 10.5.8 is getting ready give up the ghost. I am considering a MacMini. A family member is an apple employee so I can get it for a decent price. I DO NOT want to run any of the Lion iterations. Snow Leopard is perfectly acceptable to me for the foreseeable future. My question is When I get the mini, can Lion be erased, the HD reformated? and Snow Leopard be installed. Thanks Al Jones _______________________________________________ X4U mailing list X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u