Operating system for Power Mac G4

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Operating system for Power Mac G4

I have been given a Power Mac G4 and the guy who had it deleted the operating system. I am not familiar with Mac's. What OS would I need to get this up and running? I have been told that I would need the original OS, which they thought was OS9 and then upgrade from that.

Help would be appreciated.

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Power Mac G4 Quicksilver, Mac OS X (10.3.x), 800MHz/768MB SDRAM/2.1MHz

Posted on Dec 30, 2009 9:27 AM

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Niel

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Dec 30, 2009 9:29 AM in response to Jackman33

What OS would I need to get this up and running?

Anything from the computer's original OS up to and including Mac OS X 10.4.11. Mac OS X 10.5 will run on it but cannot be installed through the normal method.

No intermediate versions are required, but you cannot use a disk which shipped with another Mac model.

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Dec 30, 2009 9:56 AM in response to Niel

See if I understand..........If I get a copy of 10.5 but it cannot be installed in the normal method what then? So, what can a person do? Remember I do not know anything about Macs and never had any experience with them.

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Dec 30, 2009 9:25 PM in response to Jackman33

FYI - to help you get familiar with the Mac, archived articles on that particlar model are on the low-end mac site

http://www.lowendmac.com/ppc/quicksilver-2002-power-mac.html

including some articles on OS versions supported & installation.

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Niel

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Dec 30, 2009 10:00 AM in response to Jackman33

Click here for information.

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