Old Mac. Need help

Hi, I am new to the Mac world. I found a very old mac Power Mac G4 the original owner took out the hard drive because of privacy. I got the good hard drive for the mac, and I am very confused because Apple won't let you install their software. I know it's true, but I want to install Windows only. In addition, the new hard drive, I bought so he didn't any what Mac OS or Windows. Everything works of Mac. Is there a possible way just to install Windows without any Mac OS? If I can run Mac OS, then how to install Windows on it?

Thank you

wabob

Hi Bob,

Sorry to say, no way to simply install Windows on a G4, your choice is OSX or Linux PPC.

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