OS X crash

OS X 10.4 just crashed on me for the first time ever. I was forced to re-install the operating system. It actually ported the majority of my settings and software, so relatively painless other than lost time (8 hours). Apple support was unable to solve the problem, simply told me to reinstall, somewhat tedious.

(All you Windows lovers out there will no doubt love to hear this, given my rants about the superiority of OS X. I still stand by Apple on this one -- had Windows crashed so that I had to re-install, my settings would not have saved as near perfectly on the Mac.)