What is the latest version of Mac OS X my system can support?

I'm wondering if I should upgrade my system to 10.5 or not. has anyone tried it out before on their iBook G4 (Early 2004)? I am stuck with this mac until at least christmas, and I really gotta know. since the system will be discontinued in september, I don't want to spend any more money on upgrading the memory in it. thanks!

Patddfan :
I only have the 30 GB drive here!
The first upgrade you need is a new Hard Disk Drive. You still have the original HDD in your computer. It is now 5 years old. The average life of these drives is 3 to 5 years. As drives age the thin coat of lubricant on the platters thicken and spin out to the edges of the platters causing the head to stick while reading and/or writing. In addition as your drive fills up and you have less and less contiguous disk capacity for directory growth and swap files, you HDD becomes more sluggish, and you are likely to end up with severe directory issues, and becomes a prime candidate for a crash. Make sure you maintain a good backup against this eventuality.
A new, faster (5400 rpm instead of 4200 rpm) HDD, with greater capacity (possibly up to 320 GB) will tremendously improve the performance of your computer providing greater speed, more available disk capacity for swap files and directory growth, and greater areal density which allows the computer to read more data on each rotation of the platters increasing its efficiency and performance.
Your best bet may still be Leopard:
• A new more capacious HDD will significantly improve performance.
• More RAM (max it out to 1.25 GB) Check out prices at ramseeker. I have also used RAM from Kahlon with good results.
• Tiger installers are difficult to find and overpriced when you find them.
• If you make the upgrades suggested your computer will be fine with Leopard.
cornelius

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