1.67 G4, Still good for today?

I am quite new to macs, (well earlier this year I got an intel imac, but the last time i had a mac was in the system 7 days).
I am very happy with the performance of the intel chips (hi def video editing is very fast and smooth), A friend of mine has a dual processor G5 pro and his performance for daily usage is just fine and snappy.
I am looking into getting a G4 powerbook 1.67Ghz with 2GB ram, superdrive 128MB 9700 ATI card etc etc. The prices are good, the computers look nice and I have seen one with a year left on the applecare. This is kinda for me and also for my girlfriend who I am trying to convert (she loves making home DVD's for her friends, she has a Windows Vista based laptop and we have been having so much trouble completing projects on it, ie, having to do the actual DVD creation on my imac using iDVD). (no hi-def stuff, just putting videos together using photos and a sony T7 digicam)
I want to know how well it'll stand up for what I want to use it for, the GPU is adequate I think, about the same as a 9600 on a desktop. But these old G4's, do they still cut it? I don't want a lot of muscle, the most intensive stuff she does is that video editing, the rest is just photos, internet and email. But I just want to be sure that it won't be slow or laggy (need to make her a convert as she is wary of switching to a new OS).
Also, I want to have the OS setup in Japanese OS. when I setup my imac, i had the choice of any language, so assume that if I buy a US used model, I can have it in Japanese also. Keyboard doesn't matter, just the language of the OS. Am I correct that I can buy a US mac and have it in any language?
Oh, and the Mac I am looking at is around $800.
Thx.

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I own the next to the last model of PB (before Hi-rez screen and dual layer drive) and it has lots of juice and horsepower to go. You can see the specs below. I do audio and video editing, amongst other things, and have no concerns with it's ability to handle them. It's not a dual processor G5, but it's not a slouch either.
For buying a used Powerbook, I would want to run the Apple hardware test, or one of the TechTool programs, to ensure a clean bill of health, before buying it. The Apple hadware test is on the first OS X disc that comes with the machine (if the system you're looking at doesn't have any discs with it, Apple will sell you a new set for around $50). Since it has Applecare, you can download TechTool Deluxe from Apple for no charge.
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