Appleworks on intel mac?

I have an old ibook with disks, and I just bought a new imac. Although I am a huge mac fan, I am very disappointed to see that I have NO word processing program on my new mac. Is it not possible to use my old software disks to put appleworks on my new mac?
Gosh, I know mac poo-poos the boring, business-like, spread-sheet and word processing kind of user, but I want to use my word processing program for writing! That's a creative, artsy endeavor too isn't it?!
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi Jane,
Welcome to Apple Discussions and the AppleWorks forum.
Whether you can install from your old disks depends on how old they are—up to 2002 the installer ran in Mac OS 9, which is not supported on the intel based Macs.
An easier way to move AppleWorks from your old iBook to your new iMac is to burn the whole AppleWorks 6 folder from the iBook onto a CD, then copy the folder into the applications folder on your iMac.
If the iBook has a Firewire port, you can connect the two machines via firewire then start the iBook in Target mode (hold the T key down until the Firewire icon appears on the display), then simply copy the AppleWorks 6 folder from the iBook (which will appear on the iMac as a Firewire connected external drive) to the Applications folder on the iMac.
The AppleWorks User licence permits the application to exit on only one computer at a time, so to stay within the terms of the licence you'll need to remove AW from the iBook.
Regards,
Barry

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