Excellent! Nothing like good old-fashioned persistence to get
something done.
I'm a 70ish retired gentleman, and there is a ton of free software
out there. My favorite solitaire game, which is about as close to
the original Windows 95 etc. Solitaire as you'll find, is Solitaire
XL. There's also MacSolitaire and a bunch of others. I also like
Mahjongg games, and MyMahjGL is my favorite of those. I also like
Double, which is a kind of Mahjongg. Just Google for "download
xxxx". You also can do a Google for "free OS X games" to find lots
more. One of the best sites for free, shareware and trialware games
is the Apple download site: <www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/>.
I also recommend Anacron for running cron jobs in the background
without fail, and SMARTReporter for a constant check on hard drive
health. It also would be good to install AppleJack for those rare
occasions when your Mom has a problem and you're not able to be
right there. I've talked many a person through running AppleJack
over the phone on Macs I've sold or given to them. The Version
Tracker web site is good for finding and downloading stuff like that.
Whatever you download, make sure it's compatible with OS X 10.4.
I've lost a lot of old favorites as my Macs have progressed up the
OS X hierarchy to 10.6.2.
Did the optical drive in the iMac 600 start working? If it didn't,
you might want to find a DVD drive, which also reads CDs. If your
Mom ever needs to reinstall OS X 10.4 or boot into the install DVD
to fix something, a DVD drive will come in very handy.
Glad you got the iMac up and running.
Jim Scott
Thanks for the links and the advice.
I left the CD drive disconnected, I will test it again now that the OS
is loaded and booting. If it doesn't work I will make sure she is
going to use this thing before I buy a used DVD drive to put in there.
Take care,
Kevin
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