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Jul 17, 2005, 07:51 PM
 
I just bought a Powerbook G4 from a feind of a freind, and want to wipe it clean, but do not have the OEM disks, or whatever. I am a PC user, and am new to Mac's. How do I do this, or do I have to buy a new version of the OS, and install it?

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Jul 18, 2005, 12:01 AM
 
if you dont already have tiger, get a copy of tiger. the friend of a friend should have given you his copy of osx.. that wasnt very nice.
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Jul 18, 2005, 06:23 AM
 
will tiger wipw the drive or update it ? (it was actully a pawn shop)

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Jul 18, 2005, 08:28 AM
 
You can choose between the two options during installation...

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Jul 18, 2005, 11:45 AM
 
Do you mean noob? What's a neeb?

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Jul 18, 2005, 07:20 PM
 
Yea Noob, sorry typo


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