Can I Change the Name of my Computer?

Hi, I'm a new mac user. I was actually given a Powerbook G4 by a teacher of mine because it was outdated for his uses (and he is pretty loaded). I'm using the machine for school mostly. Basically what I wanted to know is can I change the name of the computer? It's not entirely a life or death situation, but I'd like my name to be on my computer.

An easy way is to follow Macworld magazine's advice:
[http://www.macworld.com/article/41481/2004/12/changeshortname.html]
There are other ways, but try that out first.
Then here's Apple's official way to do it:
[http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106824]

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