I have a Powerbook G4 17" and I put in a new harddrive but I broke my 2nd install disc; what options do I have?

I don't have the old harddrive and the 1st disc has already been installed.The OS version is 10.4.2. My father found this powerbook and it was just missing the harddrive. I'm planning to give this to my neice since she has wanted a mac for quite a while but she's pretty horrible with computers and this seems like a better alternative to buying her a new one.

I'm planning to give this to my neice since she has wanted a mac for quite a while but she's pretty horrible with computers and this seems like a better alternative to buying her a new one.
This approach is certainly less expensive than a new system, however, you should be aware that if your niece will be using the system for Internet access, that the PowerBook generally won't have the horsepower to deal with streaming video. In fact some sites require an Intel processor to access video. Having audio and video stuttering is not uncommon. However, if there are some specific applications or email that your niece will be using, it could work fine for that.
However, back to the PowerBook. This vendor is one that sells unopened Apple software, if you need Tiger or Leopard, iLIfe, etc. If you go to the used market, be sure any gray-faced disk you might buy is a PowerBook disk, as the original OS X disks are locked to the system types they are delivered with. So an OS X disk for an iMac, for example, won't work on a PowerBook.

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king,
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