Trying to revive an iMac G4

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KatyDaly

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I bought a brand new iMac 24-inch 2 weeks ago. (Do you think I should insist that they upgrade me to Snow Leopard?)

But my real problem is that I am trying to use my old iMac G4 to continue working from a separate location. I am a freelance graphic artist, and one of my major clients has upgraded all of their software, so the jobs I will be receiving from them are newer than the versions I have on this Mac.

You cannot save backwards from Quark 8 to 6, I know, it stinks! So I bought the upgrade for Quark 8. It is fine on the new Mac, but requires Tiger, OS 10.4, to install on the old Mac. I am running 10.3.9. Apple no longer sells upgrades to 10.4. The only site I could find that still sells 10.4 upgrades is MegaMacs, and they have this in the description of the product:

"Special note: This software is an OEM CPU drop-in DVD and requires 10.3 installed already to upgrade. It may not work on all machines with LCD monitors built in (laptops & iMac G4/G5's)."

That's what I have, the iMac G4 with LCD monitor, but I DO have 10.3.9 already installed, ready to upgrade.

Should I give up? Do you think it might work? At $160 is it worth the risk?

Thanks.

KatyD
 
Hell to the no! 160? for an upgrade CD to Tiger?

What am I missing? You can get Tiger, even a clean install DVD, for way less.

Craigs, eBay, etc
 
I just searched Craigslist and found nothing in NY or NJ.

I bid on a clean install DVD on eBay until the price went from $80 up to $115. I might as well buy the freshly packaged one at $160.

But what I really need to know is why did the seller of the $160 Tiger say that there might be problems with installing it on a G4 iMac with an LCD monitor? That is what I have. If I buy this and open the package and it doesn't work, haven't I just wasted all my hard-earned $$$?

KatyD
 
They might not be selling you a black retail disc. Nonetheless, you really should buy one of the $129 retail copies instead of spending $160 on potentially the wrong item. That would be a waste.
 
$160 is wayyyyy overpriced, whoever bid that much is crazy. I would sell you my tiger disc for like $50 or less!
 
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