Apple iBook 700 MHz PowerPC G3 + Mac OS X Leopard = ?

Hi,
Is there any way at all that my 700 MHz iBook G3 will run 10.5? Thank you!

No. Sorry. Not even all Macs with G4 processors will run Leopard. No G3 processor is up to the task.
http://www.apple.com/macosx/techspecs/

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