iMac G5, need to install OS, limited options

2013-03-04 Thread Philip Christiansen
I just acquired a G5 iMac yesterday. As a long time Mac user, I was looking forward to tinkering around with it. However, there is no OS installed and the DVD drive is shoddy, so I am being a little fiddly with my solutions. A few facts first: 1.) I don't have a firewire cable. I can't

broken power button

2013-03-04 Thread Fuffkin
My son snapped off the power button of my imac g4 (it tended to be a little sticky and he used a little too much force trying to unstick it). Anyway, the mac was in great shape, no problems at all since the day I bought it, but now I can't turn the thing on anymore. I've asked around and

Re: broken power button

2013-03-04 Thread Clark Martin
On Mar 4, 2013, at 5:58 PM, Fuffkin wrote: My son snapped off the power button of my imac g4 (it tended to be a little sticky and he used a little too much force trying to unstick it). Anyway, the mac was in great shape, no problems at all since the day I bought it, but now I can't turn