Is Apple going to support a 5 year old computer or am I better off switching to PCs going forward?

It's been frustrating since I got an Ipad given as a gift and tried to connect it to my otherwise perfectly working G5. Cannot install new Itunes unless I upgrade to OS 10.5, cannot upgrade to the widely available and cheaper OS 10.6 because I have a Power PC and not an Intel processor, cannot upgrade to 10.5 (easily) as Apple does not support the location where I live outside the US. I can only purchase a more expensive copy on the internet - hope that what I will get will be legit and spend through the nose to upgrade to an already obsolete operating system.
On the other hand, Windows XP is still supported, so my ancient laptop has now become my "Ipad" computer. Considering upgrading as that one is really slow, but I am weary on investing on another Mac, indeed, more expensive than PCs. I always thought they were worth it, but if now Apple forces us to replace our home computers every three or four years, then I no longer see the point of sticking with Macs.
Has anyone found a way to run Itunes for Ipad, AppleTV on older OS versions? or any idea if Apple plans to release an Itunes that will work on their own computers?

I'm not trying to be intentionally dismissive but no, Apple is done with PowerPC hardware. There will be no new upgrades for any software that will run on that hardware. With OS X 10.7 Lion Apple has completed their transition to Intel processors and going forward that is what they will support. If you wish to stay in the Apple eco-system you'll have to purchase new hardware; or, as you ask, you can go wtih Windows. I also would not count on WinXP being supported for very much longer either. So either way, if you wish to keep using iDevices, and iTunes and the iTunes Store you will have to upgrade to a modern, supported operating system from either Apple or MS.

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It appears what happened is the installer though it was looking at a empty drive and just went ahead and installed.
I of course am assuming here you didn't use Disk Utility to format the drive first before installing, that would wipe out your files and programs for sure.
So what to do, what to do.
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It's because when a hard drive deletes data or reformats, it doesn't remove the data off the drive or overwrites it immediately, it's just made so it's SPACE is available for new files to be written there.
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Welcome to Apple Discussions, robtas and johndavi.
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The normal thing to do is backup/retrieve your data (if necessary or feasible) and then replace the drive. A hard drive replacement is not necessarily that expensive. Potentially you might be able to source a suitable drive online from $60 upwards and have that fitted for, maybe, $50. If you are comfortable working with a computer's innards then online structions are available here.
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