Inherited G4, what to do with it?

Hi all.

I am a pc guy. Have been forever.
I've pretty much hated macs after having to work on Grandma's OS9
desktop.
I like OSx much better.
She died recently and I inherited both her desktop and her iBook G4.
It's OS version 10.3.9, 1ghz processor, 256 meg ram.

Just wondering what cool stuff I can do with this or if I should just
sell it.
Like I said I've got tons of pc software and am not going to switch,
but if the G4 can do something for me I'll consider keeping and using
it.

I've looked into office software that can share files with my pc stuff
but about the only thing I could come up with is the open office
stuff. Not sure how useful that would be.

I'm a musician so if you know of any music related software, I'd be
interested.
Are there any relatively inexpensive games out there that are just
must haves?

I do like the form factor of the G4. It's very small.
Is it true that Macs don't have as much of a virus problem as Windows
or is that just hype?

I guess that's the gist of it.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.

No, I'm not trying to start a Mac/Pc war. We don't need to go
there!!

Thanks, in advance, to all.

Butch

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JohnB wrote:

> It's OS version 10.3.9, 1ghz processor, 256 meg ram.

get more ram for it. os x on 256 meg of ram is not exactly ideal. the
ibook takes pc2100 memory and the maximum is 1.25 gig. you don't say
which desktop it is, but that probably could use more memory too.

> I've looked into office software that can share files with my pc stuff
> but about the only thing I could come up with is the open office
> stuff. Not sure how useful that would be.

open office is free, but compatibility with ms office on a pc is not
that great. if you need to exchange files, get the real microsoft
office. also, textedit (included with os x) can read and write msword
files.

> I'm a musician so if you know of any music related software, I'd be
> interested.

<http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/>

that should be on there, although probably an older version.

> Are there any relatively inexpensive games out there that are just
> must haves?

<http://www.versiontracker.com/>

and search for whatever interests you. it lists most software that's
available, free, shareware and commercial.

> I do like the form factor of the G4. It's very small.
> Is it true that Macs don't have as much of a virus problem as Windows
> or is that just hype?

it's not hype at all. there are *zero* mac viruses in the wild. there
are a few proof of concepts that require the user to download and
install them, and even then, they don't work very well.