G4 PowerBook 1.3 and GB 08?

Anyone using GB08 on a older 17 in G4 Powerbook 1.3 / 1 gig of ram / OSX 10.4.11 / FireBox
I can get it to run, but there is a lot of latency.
Any ideas how I can try to optimize this setup, short of buying him a new computer.
He is running a single guitar and 1 mic into a FireBox interface.
I also have an external FW/800 drive, how do I set this as the scratch drive for GB?
Is it more efficient also run the guitar and mic to an amp/PA and not monitor thru GB and just use it to record and playback?
Very new to GB any info will be most helpful.
If I have to buy him a new machine will an iBook run GB well?
Thanks
Bob

Im going to give it a try here in a min.
I have been editing a wedding for the last 12 plus hours... iBook, I was trying to say MacBook..
Oh well.
How does it run on the new MacBooks?
Bob

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