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You guys are smart, can you please tell me this? I bought a computer that only has OS X and Classic isn't on it. For my own strange reasons, I would like to add Classic. I have the disk for it, but I'm afraid that if I try to install it, it will completely replace OS X, instead of just...

The iBook is a white G4 and she was running Tiger 10.4. According to her, when she tried to install it (without installing Classic first) she kept getting a message that there was an error installing it and asking her to try again. I guess that's when she decided to go for a clean install...

Thanks, fryke and Mikuro. It sounds a little dicey with someone like me at the helm, especially when I see that experienced people hesitate to try it. I may end up carrying it in my arms to Nashville's Mac Authority with a humble demeanor and see how far that gets me. ;)

Thanks, Tommo, that's what a Mac Repair guy told me to try this morning. I have to confess, I'm not sure what sort of cable a firewire cable is, and how it differs from a USB or Ethernet. I don't see the type of hole on the side of this iMac that sounds like the one he described. But I'll...

I tried that (with the DVD in the drive) and what I get are two small "boxes" on the screen, one with an arrow in a round pattern indicating clockwise and one with a straight arrow pointing to the right. Clicking the clockwise arrow does make the mouse go into a stopwatch for a moment and then...

(When I say "my friend", this time I really mean it. It wasn't me!) She bought an iBook at eBay. It was glitchy from the start and because she can never just stop clicking on things and throwing things away, it became a huge gooey mess. I went over there today with the plan being to just...