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- Your Mac's Specs
- PB 12inch 1.33ghz 1.25gb/60gb pb 15inch 1.25ghz 1.25gb/160gb Power Mac G3 B&W Overclocked 500mhz
Hey... just aquired a PowerBook g4 15in 1.25 from work... for free! It was in the warehouse and marked DOA. The company I work for does not distribute or perform Apple services so I was curious as to why it was there... long story short... it's mine now.
I brought it home expecting it not to work... but I am writing this on it as we speak... ::crosses fingers:: I hope it continues to work!
Anyways, no AC Adapter in the box... it's ok... because I have a pb 12in 1.33. But also no restore cds!!
My question is... can I use a retail copy of OSX "whatever" to reload the machine... the machine is set with an admin password... I want to clear that and start fresh... and soon! I am going to hunt down the restore cds, for sure... but I want to play with this thing right now!
So... is it possible for me to restore with a copy of OSX?? And bypass that password? Any advice is helpful!
Thanks!!
I brought it home expecting it not to work... but I am writing this on it as we speak... ::crosses fingers:: I hope it continues to work!
Anyways, no AC Adapter in the box... it's ok... because I have a pb 12in 1.33. But also no restore cds!!
My question is... can I use a retail copy of OSX "whatever" to reload the machine... the machine is set with an admin password... I want to clear that and start fresh... and soon! I am going to hunt down the restore cds, for sure... but I want to play with this thing right now!
So... is it possible for me to restore with a copy of OSX?? And bypass that password? Any advice is helpful!
Thanks!!