warning: *total newbie*

I'm about to get a powerbook that comes wtih osx and os9.
Is there a way to get rid of Os9 completely? does the panther install have an option to do this? please advice.

If you format and install Panther, 9 will be gone

I would also do this:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?sto...030418104032267

I did and it is all good