I believe your iMac is up to specs to take advantage of "Internet Recovery," but it obviously requires a faster Internet connection than your dial-up.

Edit: OS X: About OS X Recovery

Edit 2: Shame on the tech for either not knowing or not telling. mad

Last edited by artie505; 10/01/13 12:53 AM. Reason: Clean up and add link
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