Blue screen doubt

Sorry for opening this post but it is not clear to me what apple wants to say when it says in the article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306857 that if appear blue screen for a long time. i installed leopard, a blue screen appears but not for much time. Time that appears the blue screen was very little and after that finder started. ALso now when i start my mac, the blue screen appears instead of the mac os x bar advancing bit it is very fast as when i had the mac os x bar advancing.
When i close the system is very fast too.
Now, the fact that i saw the blue screen for little time after installing, that i see now for few seconds when i start my mac, it is right? Do I have to re-install leopard doing archive and install option as suggested by apple?
What does it means for a long time?
Thanks
Aldo

aldo.spinelli wrote:
What does it means for a long time?
Forever.
If you're happy with your Leopard behavior and performance, there is nothing you need to do. That document is Apple's way of telling people they should have done "Erase/Archive and Install".

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