How Can I Upgrade iBook OSX 10.0.4

My ibook's 10.0.4 operating system doesn't support most OSX capatible applications (Like quicktime 100 and must launch into the slower glitchy OS 9 operating system . Yet I can't seem to find a way to upgrade, since all OS upgrades seem to require 10.1. or higher WHICH I DO NOT AS YET HAVE. Can anyone suggest a solution?

Hi, Caverly. Welcome to Apple Discussions.
What size is your hard drive? How much space remains available on it?
If you want to upgrade, you are going to have to purchase the upgrade.
You will also need to upgrade your RAM (I recommend a 512 MB RAM module to do this) in order for a more recent version of OS X to run smoothly.

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