Leopard compatibility with ibook

I want to upgrade to the new leopard because alot of programs aren't compatible with the 10.3
I want to know if I can upgrade to leopard with the system specs that I have. Also if I can.. is there a certain type of leopard that I need? I was looking at buying a sealed copy of it on ebay.. but I want to make sure that it would be compatible too. here are the specs of my machine
Hardware Overview:
Machine Model: iBook G4
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.1)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.07 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 1.25 GB
Bus Speed: 133 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.8.5f0
with upgrading to the new software is it going to slow down the computer?
thanks for the help!

Unlike Windows, all retail Leopard DVDs are the same (technically, all are upgrade versions), so as long as it wasn't a grey DVD that came with another computer (machine specific), you should be fine.
The minimum requirements for Leopard are an 867mhz G4, which you exceed, and you've got a nice amount of RAM. For some things, Leopard is slightly slower (than Tiger), but I've found that it mostly speeds up operations.
I'd say check out all the software you need to make sure it works properly with Leopard, then back everything up (or use Carbon Copy Cloner or similar to make a clone backup of your computer) before upgrading.

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Newer release version will fix the issues but in the meantime if you need to set up a new computer with OS 10.6.2 . I have summarised the issues and the solutions which I have sourced from online apple discussion and directly from many phone call to ATO support.
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http://eci.ato.gov.au/release/eciclient.dmg
http://csi.business.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx
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2) After resolving issue 1, CSI open and import the Digital certificate but it is not visible, therefore it is not imported, because in fact the csi folder is Write Protected and need to be trashed. See Solution (B) supplied over the phone by ATO support level 2
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See Solution (C) emailed by ATO support level 1
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Download: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/834924/crimson.jar.sitx
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Please follow these steps to resolve your issues:
1. Unstuff the Crimson.jar file to your Desktop
2. Navigate to MacHD > Library > Java > Extensions
3. Drag and drop the Crimson.jar file from your desktop into the
'Extensions' folder
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5. Delete collected documents from 'In-Tray'
6. Click on 'Get New Documents' and collect documents again (you may
need to change drop down menu on the top of the screen from 'Ready to
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James Orlowski wrote:
How can I install Leopard on my iBook that only has a CD-ROM?
Can I request Leopard on CDs,
no.
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Wow! That's really pushing it! Let us know how it goes.
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+DiskWarrior 4.0 will successfully rebuild a disk that has Mac OS X 10.5+
+Leopard installed or a disk that has been attached to a computer running+
Leopard.
+However, some operating system functionality has changed within Leopard+
+itself. As such, there are some compatibility issues when running an+
+installed copy of DiskWarrior 4.0 while started up from Mac OS X 10.5+
+Leopard. Alsoft currently recommends that you do not run DiskWarrior 4.0+
+while the computer is started from Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.+
+Instead, to run DiskWarrior, you should start up the computer from either:+
+1) A DiskWarrior 4.0 CD.+
+2) Any disk that starts up in 10.4.x and then run DiskWarrior 4.0.+
+An updated version of DiskWarrior that has complete Leopard+
+compatibility will be released soon as a free download for existing+
+owners of DiskWarrior 4.0.+
+-- What you can expect when running DiskWarrior 4.0 under Mac OS X+
+10.4.x and rebuilding a Leopard disk.+
+All features work as expected with one exception: FileVaults created+
+while started from Leopard are not visible to DiskWarrior 4.0 and cannot+
+be rebuilt (repaired).+
+-- What you can expect when running DiskWarrior 4.0 under Mac OS X 10.5+
+and rebuilding a Leopard disk.+
+While not recommended (and discouraged), if you do run DiskWarrior 4.0+
+while started from Mac OS X 10.5 you might encounter some problems such as:+
+1) There is a lengthy delay whenever DiskWarrior is determining which+
+drives are currently attached. This delay is dependent upon the number+
+of attached drives and may last up to 2 or 3 minutes. You will+
+experience this delay when first starting DiskWarrior, whenever a disk+
+is attached or detached while DiskWarrior is running but idle, and+
+whenever a rebuild is completed or canceled.+
+2) You cannot rebuild FileVaults or disk images.+
+3) In step 9 (comparing directories) of a rebuild, the progress bar+
+might get to 100% even though the comparison step is not finished.+
+4) When performing Check All Files and Folders the progress bar might+
+get to 100% even though the check is not finished.+
+5) After rebuilding a disk, DiskWarrior may report that some files or+
+folders have had their permissions changed. This is inaccurate and the+
+permissions have not been changed.+
+To repeat, an updated version of DiskWarrior that has complete Leopard+
+compatibility will be released soon as a free download for existing+
+owners of DiskWarrior 4.0.+
+-- What about DiskWarrior 3?+
+DiskWarrior 3 and earlier versions are not compatible with Mac OS X 10.5+
+(Leopard). Alsoft does not recommend running DiskWarrior 3 or earlier on+
+a disk that has Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard installed or a disk that has been+
+attached to a computer running Leopard.+
+-- Marc+
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Marc Moorash, Alsoft Technical Support+
+Email: [email protected]+
So, it seems it will work but you need to run it from the disk or if you have it installed on a external drive running Tiger, it will work.
Thom

If you open your Tiger Address Book, select all cards, drag them to the desktop, it will make one big "mega-VCF" card with a name like "Alan Adams and 543 others.vcf" Dump that to a flash drive or email it to yourself, then doubleclick on it on the Leopard machine. They will all import just fine into your Leopard Address Book.
Try doing something similar with your iCal data, Open the application, choose your calendars one at a time, and select File > Export. That should make a big "mega-ics" calendar card with a name like "work.ics" or "home.ics, i.e., "originalcalendarname.ics" with all the events of that calendar. Then same drill: dump that to a flash drive or email it to yourself, then doubleclick on it on the Leopard machine.
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