Recovering Data from a dead iMac G5

My iMAC G5 has had it's second logic board failure in the past 1.5 years. The repair shop says it's going to cost $550 to repair, and Apple's not going to cover a 2nd board replacement under the extension program. Given that the computer's 4 years old, and was originally only worth $1200, I think I'm going to get a new Mac.
My question is, how do I recover data from the hard drive of the old Mac? I don't want to lose all of my files from iTunes, iPhoto, etc. The Hard Drive is apparently fine, but the Mac won't boot up in its current state. Thanks in advance for your help.

Remove the hard drive and put it in an external hard drive enclosure. Then connect it to your new Mac and recover the files.

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