Just purchased iMAC A1195 MA406LL/A 17" Core Duo, 1.83GHz, 1GB, 80Gb, Insight, WiFi, 10.4 - What software package do I buy so I have Word, PowerPoint, Internet, and PhotoBooth?

I purchased a refurbished iMAC from EBay for my 9 year old daughter for Christmas. It is what's described in the subject line. I am a "dummy" when it comes to this IT stuff, but she will want to use the Internet, PhotoBooth, Word, and PowerPoint. I'm not sure what software/version I'm suppose to buy - and my options for best pricing. Please help! Thanks so much...🙂

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4)

Posted on Dec 9, 2011 10:15 AM

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Dec 9, 2011 10:36 AM in response to kyleenfromtualatin

For Internet it likely has Safari already on it, but you can download older versions of FireFox for free...


http://mac.oldapps.com/firefox.php?system=mac_os_x_10.4_tiger_intel


TenFourFox also works...


http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/37761/tenfourfox


Photo Booth may be on the drive also already.


Word & PowerPoint require Office 2004 or Office 2008, but there are free ones...


Might look into NeoOffice...


http://www.neooffice.org/


Or Open Office...


http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/download/index.html


There are older versions for 10.4.11 available...


http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/download.php#download


http://download.openoffice.org/other.html


That'll give you tantamount to MS Office.

Dec 9, 2011 11:09 AM in response to kyleenfromtualatin

Many good recommendations from BDAqua.


One of my favorite word processors for Mac is Bean. It is small, uncluttered modest but still with features, and free. You can save to other formats for compatibility with other software and longevity. I like the latter because when you write something, 99% of the effort is in the writing and 1% in the formatting. If I have something I wrote 20 years ago I don't want it stuck in some arcane format that only a dead application will open (e.g., my documents in MultiMate). I'd rather have it in text format, or something like rtf format that upports basic formatting but has some lifetime to it and even should it disappear I'll still be able to open the document and rescue the text.

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