Hopeless newbie seeks help..!
Hi there. On a whim, I have just bought an iMac G4. It was boxed and complete with all discs and documents etc and it was £75 so I just had to have it (even though I'm totally new to Mac). It's lovely and I've done a complete system restore and it works like a charm. - It's the later 15" flat panel 1gH version running Panther OS X 10.3. It's unmodified and has not been upgraded since new.
My first question (for now) is this: Where can I get additional software for it? I would particularly like Garageband but I think it will only run up to V 3.0 and I can't find a copy anywhere... I would have thought that older software would be dirt cheap and all over the place, particularly used on places such as eBay, but it seems to be non-existent or extremely pricy. Am I missing something or have I bought an obsolete machine which can't be added to..?
Similarly, I have found out that it will run up to the Leopard OS. Again, as that's now an outdated OS, I'd have though I could find it cheap but it seems to be about ten times more than the current Snow Leopard OS!
Am I going mad...?
Is there anywhere out there for the dusty old Mac user...?
Thanks!
My first question (for now) is this: Where can I get additional software for it? I would particularly like Garageband but I think it will only run up to V 3.0 and I can't find a copy anywhere... I would have thought that older software would be dirt cheap and all over the place, particularly used on places such as eBay, but it seems to be non-existent or extremely pricy. Am I missing something or have I bought an obsolete machine which can't be added to..?
Similarly, I have found out that it will run up to the Leopard OS. Again, as that's now an outdated OS, I'd have though I could find it cheap but it seems to be about ten times more than the current Snow Leopard OS!
Am I going mad...?
Is there anywhere out there for the dusty old Mac user...?
Thanks!
