Dear $University_Staff:

[laptop-mechanic.livejournal.com]

Okay, everybody. OSX has been out since 2002. That's nearly a full decade. It is past time for you to accept the fact that OS 9 is dead. Dead, and buried. Accept it, and move on. Yes, this means you may actually have to retire your 400mhz G4s in favor of something loosely resembling modern hardware.  Sorry, but them's the breaks.