IMac 333mhz upgrade recommendation request:)

I am helping a school in Eastern Europe decide what to do with 8 older imacs they inherited recently with the following specs: 333mhz processor, 6 GB hard drive, 160MB RAM (one has 288MB), OS 9.2.2
They would like to primarily do word processing and access the internet. Some computers are in a music school and would like to use garageband and be able to connect to iPod (they don't have yet) if possible.
Questions:
1. Is it advisable to upgrade these computers to some version of OSX? (versus leaving them at OS 9)
2. If so, what version (of OSX) & is 160MB RAM sufficient and is 6GB hard drive sufficient?
3. These models cannot take an airport card. Do you know of a compatible 3rd party USB wireless adapter - if so, what version of OS X does it require to work and is it compatible with USB 1.1? web site reference that you suggest......
4. What web browser (& version) will run the fastest on these models?
5. What word processor is advisable and available to purchase license for? (If MS Word, what version)
Thanks for any advice you can offer!
Bryan

Hi Bryan,
The tray-loading iMacs can handle up to OSX Panther (10.3.9). This will give an older version of the Safari browser, but the latest versions of FireFox and Camino will work under 10.3.9--for now. No one can speculate on how much longer those browsers will run on 10.3. I find Camino faster than FireFox on my machines (same developers, Camino is just Mac-only with a little less overhead).
I believe the small hard drives and the limited RAM are going to hurt these machines for OSX. I like a minimum of 256MB (384MB better) for 10.3, and those 6GB hard drive, while OK in a strictly internet appliance, would not give much room for music or students' personal files. I'd say a 40GB drive would be minimum.
Getting six legal copies of Panther, more RAM and bigger hard drives is going to be a significant expense that has little payback other than a small performance boost. It's like sinking $500 in parts into a $1000 automobile and having it be worth $1050 after all the work. The more you can get donated the better. Is there someone in-country qualified to upgrade the iMacs or will you be going there to do the work?
If you could get someone to donate or sell cheaply some working used Emacs (G4 processors), things would get much easier. They would probably have enough OS, RAM and hard drive space to work without further investment.
I plead ignorance to wireless issues. Your are stuck with USB 1.1 on those machines--no upgrade path.
MS Office 2004 Student and Teacher Edition is US$150 and includes licenses for up to three machines. There are some freeware office suite equivalents like NeoOffice but I don't know if it is supported on such old Macs.

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