Startup Disk Question

I decided to make the move from PC to mac today, and purchased a MacBook. I just have a quick question regarding the startup disk menu. When it asks me to "select the system you want to use to start up your computer", I should be selecting the "Mac OS X, 10.6.1 on Macintosh HD" option, correct? I just want to make sure. Thanks.

Hi pp1987, welcome to Apple Discussions!
Yes that is correct!
Dennis

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    While it may be possible to boot your computer to an external hard drive, Western Digital does not provide technical support for booting your computer using an external hard drive. If you intend to make a copy of your boot drive, or install your operating system, please use a second internal drive (EIDE or Serial ATA), rather than an external drive.
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    http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/4059/picture1dm7.png
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