wabob
Level 1
(4 points)
Q: Old Mac. Need help
Hi, I am new to the Mac world. I found a very old mac the Power Mac G4 the original owner took out the hard drive because of privacy. I got the correct hard drive for the mac and I am very confused because Apple won't let you install their software. I know that is true but, I wanna install just Windows. Plus, the new hard drive I bought for it doesn't have any Mac OS or Windows. Everything of the Mac works. Is there any possible way just to install Windows without any Mac OS? If I can run it without Mac OS, then how do I install Windows on it?
Thanks
wabob
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BDAqua
Level 10
(123,484 points)
You'd have to buy/find a 10.4 or 10.5 Retail install Disc...
Tiger Requirements...
To use Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, your Macintosh needs:
* A PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor
* Built-in FireWire
* At least 256 MB of RAM (I recommend 1GB minimum)
* DVD drive (DVD-ROM), Combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM) or SuperDrive (DVD-R) for installation
* At least 3 GB of free disk space; 4 GB if you install the XCode 2 Developer Tools (I recommend 20GB minimum)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1514
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mac+os+x+tiger+retail+10.4
See Tom's, (Texas Mac Man), great info on where/how to find/get Tiger...
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Leopard requirements/10.5.x...
* Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
minimum system requirements
* 512MB of memory (I say 1.5GB for PPC at least, 2-3GB minimum for IntelMacs)
* DVD drive for installation
* 9GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
Classic/OS9 Apps no longer supported.
Trouble is Apple no longer sells it, check eBay & such for the Retail version, not the Gray Discs...
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mac+os+x+leopard+retail+10.5
There are workarounds if the 867MHz CPU is the only hangup...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/leopardassist/
http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/unsupported.html
List of Applications Not Compatible with Leopard...
http://guides.macrumors.com/List:Applications_Not_Compatible_with_Leopard
Linux would be free, but I'd ask e.e.p over on my site about Linux...
My Site...
