What's the best way to use iMac G4 as picture frame?

[yoak]

I just got my hands on a 17" iMac G4 ( I think they look marvellous) and was thinking of using it as a movie player for my daughter and/or a picture frame. I didn't think it through too much before I got it and forgot to consider that my iPhoto libraries on my NAS is for iPhoto 08 and the iMac runs iPhoto 2. The SuperDrive isn't working very well so I'm not sure what to do. Can it even run iPhoto 08? Should I use another app?

 

[yoak]

I tried to install iPhoto 08 by making a disk image from my install disk, but I'm getting an error message when I try to install it. Is it not possible to make a working disk image from an apple DVD?

 

[spork183]

depending on what other machine you have, connect via firewire cable, boot the G4 into Target Disk Mode and install from the other machine's super drive.

 

[george-brooks]

If you just want to use it as a digital picture fram, you don't necessarily need to have iPhoto installed. Just make a folder with all the pix you want and then set it to play in the slideshow screensaver.

 

[yoak]

depending on what other machine you have, connect via firewire cable, boot the G4 into Target Disk Mode and install from the other machine's super drive.

Ahh, target disk mode of course! I have a MBP that I can use. So long since I used target disk mode that I forgot about it. It´s one of those features that one rearly use, but comes in very handy when you need it.
Could have saved me some time last night.
Other than trying to start it up in target mode, is there another way of finding out if my iMac is capable? (I´m at work now, so can´t try it out)

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If you just want to use it as a digital picture fram, you don't necessarily need to have iPhoto installed. Just make a folder with all the pix you want and then set it to play in the slideshow screensaver.

Thanks for the input, but I was hoping to be able to use some of the other iPhoto libraries I have lying around. So I don´t have to manually manage the slide show on just the iMac.
All the other Macs in the house run iPhoto 08 (Lucky I didn´t upgrade as that is the last version my iMac can handle)