Airport card for a Powerbook G4 and DVD hardware upgrade

Hi all, my sister has Powerbook G4 titanium onyx model # 48407 and needs to find an airport card and have it installed. Can you advise us where she can look to purchase one. Apparently apple nolonger makes them.
Also, our second question is: Can a DVD player be installed also. If so, where can she locate one.
Here are her machines specs:
Machine Model: PowerBook G4
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (2.1)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 667 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
Memory: 512 MB
Bus Speed: 133 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.2.6f1
Serial Number: QT1470P6KVB
Sales Order Number: Z03Y00RSA

These products are available, although I would think hard about the expense considering the value of the computer, even more so if you pay for installation.
The old original Airport cards can be found at many used parts dealers like iFixit:
http://www.ifixit.com/Products/Titanium-Onyx/Wireless/43/25
Remember that these are 802.11b only, not the newer G or any other variant of Wifi, but it would still work on all common wifi networks. It also will not do the better WPA encryption, only the old minimal WEP encryption. Installation is not difficult (iFixit has excellent instructions), or you'll have to find a shop to install it.
You can get wifi cards that use the PC card slot, but last time I looked, it was a nightmare figuring out which ones were compatible.
The optical drive can be replaced with a combo (plays DVDs) or Superdrive (burns DVDs) from places like MCE or OWC:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/optical-drives/superdrives/powerbook/
http://store.mcetech.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&StoreCode=MTOS&CategoryCode=SVCPBG4
Oh, there is a specific titanium section of these forums you should try, as these for the aluminum G4.
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=129

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