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Hard drive to external enclosure

My G4 iMac died and I would like to use the hard drive as an external drive for my new iMac. What type of enclosure must I buy?

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You need a standard external firewire or USB IDE enclosure. Just don't get the ones made for 2.5 drives. Here's a bunch: http://www.google.com/search?client=safa...

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Get firewire if you plan to boot from it. +

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Be sure to use an external firewire hard drive, the G4 imac's cannot boot off a USB.

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