IBook G4 slowed SIGNIFICANTLY & FREEZES with OSX 10.4.8 and then 10.4.9 too

Hi,
My iBook G4 slowed SIGNIFICANTLY after installing OSX 10.4.8 and then 10.4.9 and freezes often too!!!
I mean, it takes a few minuets to boot-up sometimes.... I hate that spinning wheel!
It ran great before the two up-dates, and I have done all the "verify and repair" that can possibly be done with and without the original installation DVD, including disk repair.
I had no other programs running at the installation, nor were there USB or Firewire attached. But I was plugged into the local network (how else was I supposed to download the upgrade).
Basically, can I revert to 10.4.7???
Or, is there a simple solution?

Hi Thanks for the help,
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified, is appearing just like
that.
OK, that's a good sign, though it doesn't necessarily mean that everything is okay with the drive, just that nothing is currently far enough out of spec to get flagged.
I looked in the console (I dont even know what it is)
and the only things I could find that looked dodgey
were lines such as those below...
Apr 12 10:19:11 localhost launchd: Server 3d2b in
bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[41]: exited
abnormally: Hangup
Apr 12 10:19:18 james-rk-modzelewskis-ibook-g4
launchd: Server 0 in bootstrap 1103 uid 0:
"/usr/sbin/lookupd"[55]: exited abnormally: Hangup
Apr 18 11:14:20 james-rk-modzelewskis-ibook-g4
launchd: Server 0 in bootstrap 1103 uid 0:
"/usr/sbin/lookupd"[55]: exited abnormally: Hangup
These occur a few dozen times throughout the system
log. Does it mean anything to you???
Those are harmless, I think. I've seen them on my laptop, I think around when I switch the network from ethernet to AirPort or vice versa. And maybe when I put the computer to sleep, too.
One thing you should try to do is see if you can figure out a pattern to the stalls and freezes. Do they only happen when you're on the Internet? Maybe just with one particular web site or page? Also, try running Activity Monitor and keep an eye on it to see if you can catch the name of a process that's taking too much processor time.
How much RAM does your computer have, and how much free space on your hard drive? That can make a difference, too. You should have a few GB (I like to keep at least 8GB free on my PowerBook) of free hard drive space. 512 MB of RAM is pretty much the minimum for Tiger, I think. Less than that and you'll find the computer will be using swap space on the hard drive quite a bit if you try to do anything but the bare minimum of simple web pages and email.
charlie

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