Leopard and G4 performance

I'm thinking of upgrading to Leopard, but concerned that it might slow things down a bit, as my G4 only has 500mb RAM. Any opinions?

6. *Powerbook heats up* rather quickly... gets very hot and the fans have NEVER come on... VERY frustrating, since i would have no problem with noise if it meant better performance...
Have you run the Apple hardware test? One of the tests is to specifically test the fans.
*Overall, the entire computer feels VERY sluggish*
How much free disk space do you have? You need 10% to 15% free for systems usage. Less than that an performance can really slow down.
If you bring up the activity monitor, under system memory, what does it say for page ins and outs?

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