Upgrading from 1GB ram to 1.5GB ram in iBook 14" G4

I have heard many stories about problems with putting the maximum of 1.5 GB ram in the 1.42Ghz 14" iBook.
My ibook is brand new, i got it early January.
I was wondering if the more experience Mac users (preferably ones who own 14inch G4s) would recommend doing this. Or if i should just stick to my 1 GB ram for safe measures.
thank you

You can check to see if you need more RAM. Restart your computer then open the Activity Monitor in your /Applications/Utilities folder. Click on the "System Memory" tab and check your page outs. After a restart, they should be set to zero. Check a couple of times a day during regular use of your computer. When your iBook starts to use your hard drive as "virtual memory", because you've run out of physical memory (RAM), you will see a page out. If you do not begin to accumulate page outs over time, then you don't need any more RAM. If you only accumulate ten or so, adding more RAM won't really make any noticeable difference. If, however, over time you're accumulating thousands of page outs, then you might consider adding more RAM. You may notice that only one application causes your iBook to page out. You could then make an informed decision about whether or not it's worth it for you to spend the money to add RAM to improve your experience with that one program.
-Doug

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amazon.com or something, if you have a 1gb and 2gb
option great, to see what can accommodate to my
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