G4 Powerbook running on Mac OS 10.4.11

Hi there!
I have an old G4 Powerbook (currently using an Macbook Pro) that I thought I could pass on to my kid to watch Youtube, play games, etc.
But it's running at a really awful snail's pace now (can hardly watch any Youtube videos even) and I'm wondering if there was some way that I could speed things up in the G4 Powerbook?
I must state here that I'm quite tech-illiterate so if anyone can help me out here, can you make it sound simple enough for me?
Many thanks!

There is a general problem with most G-series Macs and web video. Most web video is no longer optimized for the PowerPC processor. Flash has not supported the PPC since version 10.1.
A bunch of RAM is always good, but will not help your issue if the video you wish to view is not coded to be PPC-friendly. As Macs have used Intel processors since 2006, it's harder and harder to find web video sites that work on PPC Macs. If we need to view web video, we do it on the MAcBook Pro, our only Intel Mac.
We have a bunch of G4 Macs in the house running Tiger and Leopard, and the only one that is marginally OK with some web video is the last of the eMacs with a 1.42G Processor and an ATI 9600 video chipset that supports Core Image. Unfortunately, the video chipset in the PowerBook is not upgradeable, nor is the processor.
So, as has been stated by others, before throwing a lot of money at the problem, make sure the processor type is not the problem. The software solutions offered give you  the best chance of improvement. If they show promise, then adding RAM is in order.

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