I've rebuilt many Clamshells over the years, and have found OS X 10.3.9 to be more than passable due to the 4X AGP graphics card - it makes things like Expose smooth, once you have upped the RAM and HD to a decent speed. Turn off the dock, make the icons small, and 800 x 600 isn't that bad at all for browsing and Office apps.
Overclocking: Try for 400Mhz first (33% chance), but 366Mhz will be more likely (66% chance); cut a small window out of the perforated RF shield above these resistors so you don't have to do an entire strip-down when testing.
You could also shoehorn a DVD tray (or slot!) loading drive in there too, although I'm not 100% if the 300Mhz model has any MPEG4 acceleration for DVD playback. Either way, the stock 24X CD-ROM is a complete dog and deserves to go, I've spent hours troubleshooting a few Clamshells only to find the reason I can't install OS X is because the CD-ROM was flaky.
Good luck! And hope you haven't cracked the plastic much during the process
JB
Overclocking: Try for 400Mhz first (33% chance), but 366Mhz will be more likely (66% chance); cut a small window out of the perforated RF shield above these resistors so you don't have to do an entire strip-down when testing.
You could also shoehorn a DVD tray (or slot!) loading drive in there too, although I'm not 100% if the 300Mhz model has any MPEG4 acceleration for DVD playback. Either way, the stock 24X CD-ROM is a complete dog and deserves to go, I've spent hours troubleshooting a few Clamshells only to find the reason I can't install OS X is because the CD-ROM was flaky.
Good luck! And hope you haven't cracked the plastic much during the process
JB