You will probably need to reinstall the OS on this machine. The Finder is the core of the OS and without it, you don't have a running machine. Hopefully you got the OS CD with the machine. If not, you will need to obtain one. The highest OS supported in this machine is OS 9.x.x so you will NOT be able to run OS X and all the neat stuff that goes with that. RAM max's at 128MB of 168pin SDRAM.
If you have the OS CD, you can either do a clean install, which just replaces the System Folder and leaves your data and other apps alone, OR, you can do a full Install after initializing the HD. This will destroy all data on the drive and just leave you with a System folder. The machine will boot but there will be NO apps.
Not sure I understand the compatibility statement.
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I bought an old beige colored 5500/225. Turned it on and before it finished loading it gave me a message about finder not being able to open because appearancelib is not found. Help me please. Also, I'm on a pc, so I might need help with compatibility too.
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