Problem viewing iTunes movie with 12" powerbook

My 867 g4 is doing the equivalent of a stutter when I try to watch the godfather (downloaded from iTunes) on it. The picture and sound keep momentarily stopping and starting again. I've got the original hard drive and 384 gb of ram. The godfather plays okay on my iMac.
Another movie, smaller file, plays okay on the notebook.
Do I need to upgrade the computer?

Here are the requirements for iTunes 8. (http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/) It looks like you need at least some more RAM.
Macintosh Hardware
•Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, G4, or G3 processor
•Screen resolution of 1024x768 or greater
•Playing videos purchased on the iTunes Store requires a Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5 or 1.0GHz PowerPC G4 or faster processor
•Playing HD-quality videos purchased on the iTunes Store requires a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or faster processor
•512MB of RAM; 1GB is required to play HD-quality videos
•Playing videos also requires at least 16MB of video RAM
•A broadband Internet connection is required to use the iTunes Store
Macintosh Software
•Mac OS X version 10.4.9 or later
•QuickTime 7.5.5 or later
•200MB of available disk space

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