Newer software on an old iMac?

As I have talked about in another post, I was given an iMac with OS9. We were recently given a Mac software, Zoo Tycoon, to play on this computer. It says it needs OS 10 to work, but we tried anyway. Surprise it didn't work. Is there anyway to update the iMac to play this software, or should we just give it up?

I'll be blunt, which might differ from everybody else's opinion in some way.
Forget DVD, the 350MHz G3 is very borderline for DVD playing. All the decoding has to be done by the computer (it's done by hardware in a retail DVD Player), and the 350MHz G3 may not have the grunt to achieve this smoothly. 400MHz or 500MHz is a minimum, G4 is better because it has AltiVec.
I like Age of Mythology too, but for the iMac, the original Age of Empires for Mac will run like a dream - it used to run fine on my IMac 233MHz G3. Caesar III I love as well, original Civilization, Civilization II, Dino Park Tycoon, Railroad Tycoon II. All the Sim games (original SimCity - aka SimCity Classic, SimCity 2000, SimAnt, SimLife, SimEarth, SimTower, SimIsle, SimTown). Some of these will be available for free.
Plus all the macintosh abandonware accumulated over the years.

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Change your settings in Sharing preferences, for one, and remove the server out of the Finder's sidebar. Obviously, this is the result of transfering all your other computer's preferences to your new computer.

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Hello
I got a new iMac 10.8.2 and also have a iMac 10.5.8 how can I conenct those 2 ?
All I want is to use some of my files on my new one.I don't want to transfer ALL my files,just some,like pictures. But only the once I need. Not all of them.
I have a FireWire cable,don't work, I have ethernet cable,don't work.
So I must do something wrong If someone could maybe explaint it to me step by step that would be great,since I am not a big Mac (computer) freak.
So basically I would like to use my old iMac as a external drive where I could get my files from and transfer them to my Mountain Lion, iMac.
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But please, in simple step by step explaining. My english is not the best,my German is much better
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Oh, on the losing Internet, try this...
Make a New Location, Using network locations in Mac OS X ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712
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System Preferences>Network, top of window>Locations>Edit Locations, little plus icon, give it a name.
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System Preferences>Network, click on the little gear at the bottom next to the + & - icons, (unlock lock first if locked), choose Set Service Order.
The interface that connects to the Internet should be dragged to the top of the list.
Instead of joining your Network from the list, click the WiFi icon at the top, and click join other network. Fill in everything as needed.
For 10.5/10.6, System Preferences>Network, unlock the lock if need be, highlight the Interface you use to connect to Internet, click on the advanced button, click on the DNS tab, click on the little plus icon, then add these numbers...
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Click OK.
PS. Your English is quite good & completely understandable.

Finding a New Use for an Old iMac G5

My first ever Mac was an iMac G5 (circa 2006) that gave up the ghost in the form of a logic/mother board that mysteriously died last summer.
I was told by the Apple Store Tech that the board needed to be replaced for a fee of $1100. So I had them pull the hard drive and bought a new iMac.
I would like to know if this old iMac G5 without a hard drive can be repurposed to be used as either a secondary display for my new iMac or as a replacement for the CRT display on my kid's PC?
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Woody,
Thanks for the suggestion. Sorry I did not see it until today, not very many problems with my existing iMac Intel
Thanks again and I will go into my local authorized Apple repair centre and have them find out if it is the capacitor failure. If yes, then my daughters get Mac!!
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If the file is Word .doc format, just use a current Word, such as 2011, which can read the .doc format and resave as .docx format.
Pages should also be able to read a .doc file for you and resave in another format.

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Get it from the App store for $14.99. That way you won't have to purchase the entire iLife 11 disc ($49) from the online Apple Store with all of the iApps on it.
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I have the exact same problem. My old keyboard unfortunately died after spilling fluid onto it.
I purchased the same keyboard today.
Everything works with it except I have the same problem as described here: "
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Can anyone solve this problem for me?"
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Their music should not have deleted just because they put the new/updated software (I assume you mean an updated version of itunes since the firmware of the ipod would deal solely with the ipod not the hard drive of the computer being used). You should backup your music at this point regardless if you were upgrading to a newer ipod...look at the countless threads on here about music libraries lost due to computer crashes, etc. My personal experience (I've had the mini, the 1st gen nano and now the 2nd gen) has never resulted in deleted music...my one experience with lost music was when my computer crashed (not related to iTunes or Apple in any way). So just to be safe it would be best if you backed up your library via data disc(s)....just to ensure you don't have what happened to your friend occur with you.

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