Leopard + g4 powerbook

hey team: just looking at a mate's computer
PowerBook G4
1.33GHz PowerPC
1.25GB RAM
Leopard 10.5.8
This machine has been running Leopard for a few months but has recently acquired an interesting idiosyncrasy, which is, seemingly at random, the Spinning Beach Ball of DOOM will appear and freeze the machine. I cannot seem to figure out what is causing this. I've looked at the minimum requirements for Leopard, and this G4 lappy has enough juice for it.
So I'm guessing hardware... Does anyone else have experience with Leopard on a G4 PowerBook...? Anyone experience this issue?
cheers
P

See http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sbbod.html for starters.

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