On Mar 3, 2013, at 13:03, cat <catsoul at thinkplan.org> wrote: > Curious in what way did this Mac bite the dust? Slowing down, Spinning beach ball. Bought 10.5.8 install disk. Installed and installed backup TM twice. Was advised that HD was failing. Now I just want to erase the HD before I recycle. Computer over 6yrs old.