Various eMac problems

1. I can get my gmail easily but when I enter "hotmail" for my account, nothing happens. Why?
2. I can't install my HP 7360 Photo Printer.
3. My machine is eMacG4PC, 1GHz, 512MB, with Panther 10.3.9 and OX9; can I upgrade to Snow Leopard? I have to download severeal things but all say must have 10.5. or better; would Tiger be any better? For example, I tried to download google chrome browser but can't do it with 10.3.09.
Thanks for any and all assistance and advice on this, as I am new to Apple, and not all that experienced with Windows, either.

1) Not sure what's going on there as I use neither service. It's very possible that Hotmail only supports browser versions too new for 10.3 to run.
2) Have you tried downloading the latest printer driver package from the HP site? It's here:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=mp-57601-1 &lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&os=219&product=1156651&sw_lang=&key=null&site=null
and supports 10.3.9 according to the description. Big download--hope you have broadband!
3) The highest Mac OS you can run is 10.5 Leopard; Snow Leopard (10.6) only works on Intel Macs--eMacs don't have Intel processors. To run 10.5, you probably need more RAM. I figure 512MB the min for 10.4 Tiger. Your computer also needs an optical drive that reads DVDs.
Tiger is very nice but I think we'll run out of browser support soon. Tiger is also horribly expensive on the used market--often more than many eMacs are worth today. You can call the central Apple Store (1-800-MY-APPLE--not a retail store or the online store) and ask if they still have 10.5.
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