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royaltannenbomb

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Oct 10, 2008

• #1

Hello all! I just inherited an Imac G4 from my grandmother. It is currently running on panther. I have a macbook running on leopard. Is there anything I can really use the imac for?

 

Eidorian

macrumors Penryn

• Oct 10, 2008

• #2

iTunes sharing, file server, or a guest computer.

 

italiano40

macrumors 65816

• Oct 10, 2008

• #3

royaltannenbomb said:

Hello all! I just inherited an Imac G4 from my grandmother. It is currently running on panther. I have a macbook running on leopard. Is there anything I can really use the imac for?

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set it up for a mail server, file server and personality a teamspeak server and sell the slots of it or game server

 

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royaltannenbomb

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Oct 10, 2008

• #4

Eidorian said:

iTunes sharing, file server, or a guest computer.

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The thing is, it won't even let me open itunes. I keep getting a message that says "iTunes requires Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later"

 

italiano40

macrumors 65816

• Oct 10, 2008

• #5

royaltannenbomb said:

The thing is, it won't even let me open itunes. I keep getting a message that says "iTunes requires Mac OS X 10.4.7 or later"

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that would be true you need to upgrade

 

Samarium

macrumors 6502a

• Oct 10, 2008

• #6

Eidorian said:

iTunes sharing, file server, or a guest computer.

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+1. iTunes sharing is great.

 

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royaltannenbomb

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Oct 10, 2008

• #7

italiano40 said:

that would be true you need to upgrade

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My next question would then be, how do I connect this beast to the wireless internet?

 

italiano40

macrumors 65816

• Oct 10, 2008

• #8

royaltannenbomb said:

My next question would then be, how do I connect this beast to the wireless internet?

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check this out
http://www.macwireless.com/html/products/wireless_cards/USBs.php

 

zmttoxics

macrumors 65816

• Oct 10, 2008

• #9

I vote for getting a copy of Tiger and throwing it on that g4. I then recommend it be used as a server. Put a larger harddrive in it and its a single piece self contained server - which I love! 😀

Sorry to hear about your Grandmother though. 🙁

 

bootedbear

macrumors 6502

• Oct 10, 2008

• #10

Kitchen computer!

 

Eidorian

macrumors Penryn

• Oct 10, 2008

• #11

royaltannenbomb said:

My next question would then be, how do I connect this beast to the wireless internet?

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Get an original Airport Card. They're dirt cheap nowadays.

Which iMac G4 is it?