Ahem 'New' iBook questions

Picked up my first Apple computer, a 466mhz Graphite iBook w/320mb RAM and that oh so roomy 10gb HD. And of course, I have a couple of questions:
This is my first experience with OS X and it came with 10.3 installed. In the interest of freeing up some HD space can I nuke the OS9 support that I'm finding in the application folders? Or is it vitally important for something and I should hang on to it for whatever reason? Currently i've got about 2.3gb free on the HD and would like to expand that a bit. I realize that changing out the HD in the future will be a major PITA if it comes to that. While I'm at anything else that can go? I got rid of iTunes, bluetooth support programs and Garageband because I have no use for them, but i'm not sure what else can be jettisoned.
Second, while the machine appears to be fully functional the graphite rubber colored bits, especially on the bottom of the machine are pretty chewed up. Is it possible to just find the 'skin' somewhere, remove the rest of the rubber with a gentle solvent and re-apply? I'm pretty sure this unit used to be used in an elementary school and it shows...

OS 9 isn't a necessity unless you need to run OS 9 applications. Otherwise you can delete these folders:
"System Folder" (not to be confused with the folder named "System.")
"Applications (Mac OS 9)"
"Documentation"
This might free up around 1 GB or so of space on the hard drive. However, a 10 GB hard drive is too small for OS X. 20 GBs would be the practical minimum. You need to have at least 8-10 GBs of free space on the hard drive, although it is possible to have as little as 3 GBs free but any less is a potential problem.
Panther requires a minimum of 128 MBs of RAM, but from a practical usage viewpoint 512 MBs is much better. 320 MBs is a practical minimum. Without a lot of RAM the OS will be slower and more sluggish.
Bear in mind that an iBook was not designed to run OS X, so don't expect great performance.

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