Just Bought Imac And Would Like To Restore To New

I just purchased a used imac g5 and it is very slow becuase it is loaded up with crap so i was wondering what would be the easiest way to restore the mac back to factory like the day it was bought i am a mac newbie this is my first one so any help would be greatly appreciated

Well, unfortunately you got the Mac cheaply but the system discs are going to set you back a bundle. BDaqua indicates suitable versions, either set of which will likely cost you over $100 and may be difficult to find. Personally I'd go with Leopard unless you have need for Classic. It will probably cost about the same, be slightly easier to find, and you'll be running an OS that is only 1 generation old so it is still (for a while) being supported by Apple. You could also run Leopard on an Intel Mac should that be your next upgrade (unless it is a newer model).
You can try to continue to run your Tiger G5 as it is, but you won't be able to restore it "like new". You can certainly delete former user accounts, and trash the archived contents. You'll be at a big disadvantage though without a source of fresh OS files, and a way to re-install the system should your drive have problems. If you go this route I strongly recommend buying a bootable backup drive (Firewire) so you will at least have a backup of all your files and an alternative means of booting. (By the way, strictly speaking you are running unlicensed software if you don't have the Tiger discs).
You can also call Apple Customer Service and see if they can provide you with a replacement set of the original discs that came with the computer. This will be for the original OS that came with the computer and may not be Tiger but Panther.

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