Advice on upgrade needed

Hi,
I need to upgrade my machine, and would be very grateful for some advice from the more knowledgeable.
I want my laptop to be faster and more powerful, and to support at least Tiger OS, and preferably Leopard. I think this means I need a faster processor, possibly more RAM? I also want the best wireless capacity available - at the moment, I have an Airport Extreme card. Finally, I need a new battery.
What I'm really asking is, will it be cheaper and more sensible to have my existing laptop upgraded in line with the above, or should I sell it and buy a new one? Either way, I would very much appreciate advice on how best to go about it. I live in London if that makes any difference, and I know very little about computers (as you can probably tell), so there is no question of me tinkering with the laptop myself.
Hope you can help. Thanks!

Hi, hazzabamboo, and welcome to Apple Discussions. Your Powerbook can run Tiger or Leopard as is, though in either case you'd benefit substantially from additional RAM. You can install up to 2GB. Its processor can't be upgraded at all, so you don't need to worry about that. Your Airport Extreme card should provide wireless capability sufficient for almost any needs, but if it isn't doing so, please tell us what's unsatisfactory about it and we'll see if we can help you remedy the problem.
If your question has been prompted by encountering software updates or upgrades that require more recent OS versions than 10.3.9, then you can meet those requirements fairly easily and inexpensively with more RAM and new OS installer discs. But if you want to run software or peripheral devices that require a faster processor or an Intel processor, then upgrading to a newer Mac is the only way forward.

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