Ok, last year I bought a Powerbook G4 off Craigs List because my detestable Toshiba had given me one more problem than I could handle. My daughter is a Mac owner and so I just decided to get a used Mac as an entry level trial. I bought from a nice young man, an older Powerbook G4 for $300 - of course it had no install disks but that never even crossed my mind. It worked, it got online, etc. And he needed rent money. Well soon I discovered I needed to reinstall to get rid of some stuff, and of course he was no where to be found. I uploaded OS X. After lots of looking, I discovered that the laptop had been part of a school district on the left coast, and had lots of specialized software. So...it was relegated to the pile of laptops and old used equipment. Since then, I have added two new Macs, an MBP and another Powerbook. Now I need to add a laptop to my music studio basically for internet and home networking. I ordered what I thought were install disks from ebay, (I believe it to be Apple) but it is a Software Restore. When I insert the Restore disk, it won't load cause it can't find Version 9. I tried using my new Powerbook install disks, but it just spits them out.
I'm so confused - what can I do? Can anyone help?
I'm so confused - what can I do? Can anyone help?