PB G4, 1.5ghz, 1gb ram, 17", OS X 10.5.8 flash issues

Ok, so I get my son a PowerBook G4 for his birthday, upgrade software, the thing runs very well and quite quick. EXCEPT...
He loves to watch "Lost" with me in the evenings on ABC website (uses flash). Typically we will either use the "family" eMac (1.25ghz, 1gb ram) or my "work" laptop Lenovo (Intel Pentium something processor and 2gb ram). Both the eMac and Lenovo will play the flash movies perfectly. His PowerBook is all jerky. Not sure what the problem is. He is running Flash Player 10 (most up to date version), Firefox 3.5.3 (most up to date version), and OS 10.5.8 (most up to date version supporting his machine)...
Help...
Please help...

as a guess, check processor performance settings, may have nothing to do with the Flash issue though:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3092

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