I'm a little late to this iMac rescue discussion, but here are some thoughts: 1) Get a firewire external drive that allows you to use your own hard drives. I frequently disconnect the hard drive and replace it with a DVD-ROM drive rescued from a PowerMac. It looks awkward - very awkward - but you can now load software from DVDs. 2) If you open the iMac, which is not too difficult, plan on doing as much work as possible; that is, replace the battery, install a larger hard drive (5400rpm is best due to heat), and if you have a replacement DVD-ROM drive this is a good time to do it - although I never bother as I use the external firewire drive. 3) Remember, on a good day a 350MB iMac is worth $50 and that is a pick-up price. Don't over improve. OS X 10.4 Tiger will bog it down horribly no matter how much RAM you put in it. OS X 10.3 Panther is okay, but in my experience OS 9 remains the hands-down favorite to get the maximum performance out of this machine.
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