Help.. Need more Ram...

Hi..
Lately, I noticed that when I have a few programs open the machine acts really sluggish, and the spinning beach ball seems to pop up often. Can anyone tell me what the max amount of ram you can install in the G3 ibook 900 MHz.. Currently I have 256MB... Also, where the best place to purchase the additional memory would be helpful..
Thank you for your help...
G3 Ibook.. 15G & 40G Ipods... G4 PowerMac Mac OS X (10.2.x)

Check out ramseeker.com.
Douglas McLaughlin has lots of experience buying RAM. You can see his recommendations here:
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