I have a PowerBook G4 PPC and want to get it running like new.

I have a PowerBook G4 that I bought new years ago. It still works and I use it as a print server for an old Laser Writer Pro 630. It has old drawing software like MacroMedia Freehand MX and Bryce that I still use, but can't on my new machines. I'd like to go through the PowerBook and remove software that's not needed and get ride of all the associated parts. Streamline it if you will. I'm sure there's stuff running in the background that I don't need that makes it run slow. Is there some way to do that?

The big problem is a lot of web applications don't run on Powermacs. If you are willing to live with limited Java and Flash, turning those off, or using Tenfourfox as a web browser can take a load off your Mac. Keeping your hard drive less than 85% full also helps. For other tips, please feel free to subscribe to my tip*:
http://www.macmaps.com/Macosxspeed.html
for other ideas.
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Hello,
It won't make the G5 run much faster, but we need more info please.
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Then click on More Info>Hardware>Graphics/Displays and report like this...
NVIDIA GeForce 7800GT:
Chipset Model:    GeForce 7800GT
Type:    Display
Bus:    PCI
Slot:    SLOT-1
VRAM (Total):    256 MB
Vendor:    nVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID:    0x0092
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Then click on More Info>Hardware and report this upto *but not including the Serial#*...
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Machine Model: PowerMac11,2
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (1.1)
Number Of CPUs: 4
CPU Speed: 2.5 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 10 GB
Bus Speed: 1.25 GHz
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# 1
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