>> RE; Hi my opinion. congrats on your new baby, also just use it as is >> until you become familiar with how different it is from what you were >> useing,you can always partition it later after you have made enough >> learning mistakes,Im not sure how your OS discs came packaged, but if >> you dont see it mentioned, when you reload it install OS9 first then >> OSX,afterwhich it will automaticaly boot into OSX and then startup >> OS9. when you open system prefs clickon the startup disc Icon and >> there you can change it to your choice as you wish. best wishes >> I am sitting here proudly beaming at my new iMac! Love that 17" flat >> panel >> screen!!!! I did buy the one that boots into 0s 9 and Os 10. Thank >> you one >> and all for your helpful comments, suggestions and opinions. This has >> been a >> wonderful and enlightening discussion from people that I trust. >> >> I wish the hard drive had been partitioned for each OS, but I am >> reluctant >> to go through all the hassle of reformatting and reinstalling, >> especially >> the reinstalling! >>