Bought a used iMac G5 with no OS - Need Help!

Hello,
I recently bought an iMac G5. Specs:
1.8 GHz, 1024 mb, 80 GB, CD-RW, DVD-RW
Has keyboard and mouse
but it has no operating system installed. I was hoping I might be able to install OS X 10.4.11 from my old macbook, however I don't know enough about computers to figure this out.
Can anyone give me some direction? Do I need to buy a new OS? If so, which one? Do you know of a good place to get a decent deal on it?
Thank you for any help you can give me!

I'm afraid install discs are machine specific, you need to contact Apple and get the install discs for your iMac - 800-767-2775 and they'll send them to you for a modest fee. You can also try using a retail version of Tiger, which has a black label. Anything with a grey label is machine specific and won't work.

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