Installing Mac OS X to my power book g4

how to install the Mac OS X 10.5. to my powerbook G4 laptop computer?

Leopard retail disks are the only 10.5 installation discs that will work with Powerbooks.    Powerbooks last prebundled operating system was 10.4.3.  Mac OS X does not have a "clean install" option.  Erasing and install is only recommended if you suspect a hardware issue.   Slowness is usually due to the hard drive being too full (over 85% is the arbitrary point of diminishing returns), installation of software such as MacKeeper, Onyx, Macaroni, or other so-called optimizers, or using Flash or Java versions that are too old, using excess Dashboard widgets, a 4 years or older PRAM battery, or crashes that lead to a bad directory such as 4 language screen restart requests.    If you got MacKeeper at anytime, remove it right away, as it is the worst offender.  Backup your data if there is anything else apparently wrong before trying to isolate it.

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