Running way slow, should i go back to OS 9?

I have a clamshell ibook, 300 MgH processor, 288 MB memory running OS X 10.2 - has 1 USB port, airport wireless card added, NO firewire
I cannot seem to find the size of the HD (even under system pref)
how can I find that?
I'm trying to decide if the OS X is too much for this system to run.
I only use this to access the internet as a spare, I have powerbook as my main....
So I just need it to run as seemlessly as possible. I still love this little ibook, it was my first when I converted over from pc!!! So I can't bare to part with it!

Here are two ways of finding the Hard Disk size - there are many! - but of course until you get shown you don't know  
Apple Menu > About this Mac... > More Info ...
Single click on Macintosh HD > File Menu > Get Info...
I don't think OS X should have any issues on that iBook - Up to 10.3.9 is supported. You should have a good whack of free hard disk space - which on a Clamshell 300 with stock drive (3.2Gb) is never easy. Try and keep 15% free for OS X to use as Virtual Memory/Scratch drive space.
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