old imac (2000) + os x 3 = confused

i have an old imac that i dont really use any more as i have a pretty ibook but i want to up grade it from os x 10.0.4 to os x 10.3 which is the cd that came with my ibook.

so i want to format him can somebody help is this the right way to do this?

I do not reccomend using an iBook restore CD for an iMac. Strange things could happen.

also, you can buy 10.2 for 17.99 from www.otherworldcomputing.com

JSchultz said:

I do not reccomend using an iBook restore CD for an iMac. Strange things could happen.

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I used my iBook Jaguar disks to upgrade my older Power Macintosh G3 when I upgraded the iBook to Panther. They are complete OS X install disks, and there are no issues with using them. My recommendation would be to boot from the disks, launch Disk Utility to format the drive, then do a fresh installation on the iMac.

can u explain in a bit more detail please thanks

Padawan said:

I used my iBook Jaguar disks to upgrade my older Power Macintosh G3 when I upgraded the iBook to Panther. They are complete OS X install disks, and there are no issues with using them. My recommendation would be to boot from the disks, launch Disk Utility to format the drive, then do a fresh installation on the iMac.

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Apart from the legal problem (the license of OS X that comes with a Mac is only valid for that Mac), install disks that come with newer Macs will not install on a different model of Mac than the one it came with.
This worked with older disks, but since a few years Apple has put a hardware check on the install disk which prevents it to be installed on a different model of Mac (which, as stated above, isn't legal, even if you're the owner of both Macs).