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How do I upgrade my 6 year old PowerBook?

I can't use my laptop for anything that needs Flash Player, so I bought a Mac Mini. We need a second computer so that I can watch TV episodes while my husband is on the Mac Mini. Should I spend the money to upgrade this old workhorse? It's never given me any trouble. Is it possible to upgrade the PowerBook to the level of the mac mini?

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PowerPC G4 (1.1)

CPU Speed: 1.25 GHz

Memory: 512 MB

Bus Speed: 167 MHz

Boot ROM Version: 4.7.1f1

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Upgrade it to 2GB of RAM. Apple's been in a squabble with Adobe over Flash and it just isn't running properly on some Macs. Outside of Flash your machine will play movies just fine using a player like VLC. If you feel the hard drive is to slow, upgrade to a 7200 RPM drive.

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