Great that’s good to know, thanks. At least it won’t be as much of a hassle as reinstalling Windows was on my laptop.
I’d like to say thanks very much to everyone for your replies, it’s been a big help to me. At least now I know what to do.
I had some Ram lying around so I installed it and it’s working a hell of a lot faster. I think I’ll take your advice and buy Leopard it should run ok on this machine. 