I think it's too slow for Leopard, it's a dual 450 Mhz PPC... Click to expand... I got that machine running leopard right now. Aside from a crappy video card and slow hard driv…

Yeah well, I do want to be all legal like so I'll look for an original 10.4 retail install package off eBay. I had also heard that some hacks were required for Leopard to run as w…

Technically speaking, it is not possible to give away, let alone sell, a working Mac without including the original or some suitable System/OS, and it is an offence to do so when t…

Just to add my $0.03 (weak US dollar, you know,) my general theory is that the OS that shipped with the computer is always okay; otherwise you need the disc. So a dual 450 MHz G4 …

Technically speaking, they should have transferred the OS license with the computer itself. If they didn't do that then, properly speaking, it is the responsibility of the purchas…

Or just fix the cable. The inverter cable's wires are easily re-insulated with heatshrink tubing. Since replacement would require disassembly anyway, there's no additional work inv…

A Mac without an OS, when it is capable of working, is only a trip to the seaside short of being a boat-anchor. The idea that a recipient should put up with having no OS for 'lega…

They range from $15 to higher.... http://shop.ebay.com/items/_W0QQ_nkwZibookQ20G4Q20inverterQ20cableQQ_fromZR40QQ_mdoZ

I think that most people would consider it legal if it is the version of Mac OS X that the machine originally shipped with. Apple doesn't have anything like serials numbers or act…

I think it's too slow for Leopard, it's a dual 450 Mhz PPC...

usually if you posses the disc that was used to install it (either Apple-Shipped or Retail) then it means you own it. Just hop onto eBay and find a 10.4 disc. It will most likely…

Nobody cares [about the legality of it]... (edited for offensiveness)

Hi there, I have a G4, which I just got, running OSX 10.4 and I need to know if I'm running a legal copy. Does Mac issue anything like the Window$ certificate? Is there any kind o…

ugh damn...any idea where I can get one? ebay? Thanks!

It sounds like the lovely pinched inverter cable issue. The snow iBook's are known for this problem, your best bet is to get a new cable.

Hey there! I'm having a few problems with my iBook G4's screen. 1. Sometimes when brightness is all the way up or almost all the way down, the screen flickers but stays that way …

Soon I'll have an 88mb SyQuest Drive & 7 disks. [|)] ]'>

I've tried multiple known-working disks on the Zip. The SuperDisks sound pitiful. I think I'll be looking for a SCSI SyQuest or maybe an external SCSI HD. I haven't seen eithe…

My experience with at least the later Syquests hasn't been good. They're basically hard disks, and it seems too much to ask them to be removable, too. Their 40MB and 80MB disks see…

My experience with at least the later Syquests hasn't been good. They're basically hard disks, and it seems too much to ask them to be removable, too. Their 40MB and 80MB disks see…

AND NOW I HAVE THE CLICK OF DEATH!! :O > Click to expand... I had a good SCSI Zip Drive I got from my sister for a couple of years and then it went click of death on m…

I'll probably end up getting another… Unless I get one of those SyQuest thingers. Has anybody used them? Are they better? :?: EDIT: Oh, and SuperDisks! How are those?

Yeah, that happens... Sorry

AND NOW I HAVE THE CLICK OF DEATH!! :O >

The best one I had was not really the same class (it was my grandmother.) She complained that one day her iBook just stopped running, and nothing she could do could get it running…