Upgrade to IDVD5 iMac G4 1.25 Ghz

Hi,
What kind of results can I expect if I upgrade to iDVD5 on my G4, 1.25 Ghz with 512 RAM ?
In particular, how will it effect response ? Is there a danger of freezing ?
Any feedback from those of you who have done this would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Pat De Marco

IDVD 5.0.1 should be fine on your hardware. It Quits very slowly on my computer and starts slowish too... Other than that, it's fine. I have two of what you have, though.
b iLife ’05 System Requirements
Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G3 (400MHz or faster), G4, or G5 processor
600MHz G3 or faster required for GarageBand
G4 or G5 required for GarageBand software instruments and advanced photo editing in iPhoto 5
b 733MHz G4 or faster required for iDVD
b 1GHz G4 or faster required to use HD features of iMovie HD
256MB of physical RAM (512MB recommended)
512MB RAM required to use HD features of iMovie HD
b Mac OS X v10.3.4 or later
Mac OS X v10.3.6 or later required to use HD features of iMovie HD
Mac OS X v10.3.6 or later required to work with RAW photos (iPhoto 5)
Display with at least 1024 x 768 pixel resolution
QuickTime 6.5.2 (included)
DVD drive required to install GarageBand and iDVD
Apple SuperDrive (or 733MHz G4 processor) required for iDVD
RAW requires a supported RAW-compatible camera:
http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/import.html
Compatible SuperDrive required to burn DVDs:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300665
4.3GB of disk space required to install GarageBand, iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie and iDVD; or 250MB to install iTunes, iPhoto and iMovie only
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