Product Description

For a laptop, the inside of a backpack presents a jarring environment filled with shifts, bounces and the occasional bump. That's why Apple engineers designed the iBook G4 from inside out to stand up to the rigors of a strenuous life on the go. After all, you shouldn't have to walk softly just because you're carrying the world's most appealing notebook.Made of ultra tough polycarbonate plastic - the same high-grade material used in bulletproof glass - the iBook's sleek white case resists impact. While that measure alone might have allowed iBook to comfortably survive everyday use and abuse, Apple engineers took the idea of protecting your investment quite seriously. Inside, a sturdy magnesium frame provides superior strength, while reducing the weight of the iBook G4 to well below that of other full-featured PC notebooks. Rubber mounted for added bump tolerance, the iBook's hard disk drive lets you store all of your digital goodies and still enjoy peace of mind. What's more, the iBook has no I/O doors or protruding elements - and no optical drive tray, either - to break or snap off when tucked into a backpack or briefcase.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #628 in Personal Computers
• Brand: Apple
• Model: M9848LL/A
• Dimensions: 1.35" h x 12.70" w x 10.20" l, 5.90 pounds
• CPU: PowerPC G4 1.42 GHz
• Memory: 512MB PC 2700 DDR Memory
• Hard Disk: 60GB
• Processors: 1
• Display size: 14.1

Features

• 14.1-inch (diagonal), 1024 x 768 resolution, TFT XGA display
• 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 processor with 142 MHz system bus
• 512 MB DDR SDRAM (expandable to 1.5 GB), 60 GB hard drive, slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
• One FireWire 400 port and two USB 2.0 ports
• Built-in 10/100BASE-T ethernet, 54-Mbps AirPort Extreme wireless, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, and 56K V.92 modem

Customer Reviews

Worth More Today than Yesterday
As I'm writing this in September of 2008, this iBook with a fourteen inch screen is selling for $1799. I'm not sure, but I think that's something like six hundred bucks more than I paid for mine when I got it from Apple when it came out three or four years ago. Since then I've bought a MacBook, but I still have some Classic programs I like to use on occasion, especially the Classic version of Nisus and you can't run any of those programs on the new Intel Macs or any of the older Macs running Leopard. So, I've kept my trusty iBook. Plus I take it on the road a lot.

I needed a new battery, so I thought I'd check here to see if I could beat the price on that auction site and stumbled across this page and the iBooks going for so much money and couldn't understand why.

Are they're people out there like me who still want or need to run Classic programs. Or maybe they just don't like those awful reflecting screens on the new MacBooks or maybe they just suffer from nostalgia. I don't know. But I will say this, my trusty iBook has taken a lickin' and it's still tickin'. I don't think it's possible to buy a more dependable, more reliable laptop. It's heavy by today's standards, but it's a joy to work on.

Reviewed by Vesta Irene

barely usable
After a lifelong predilection for Toshiba Sattelite notebook, I decided to make the switch.

I figured for $1000, I would get enough for internet, word processing and DVD playing and do the rest on my desktop PC.

Was I ever wrong.

The internet is OK. Fonts are displayed very poorly with quite a bit of washout.

Word processing is very, very slow - frequently the displayed words lag behind my typing - very annoying.

DVD playing is good and the battery life is impressive.

You are stuck with iTunes for music, although I was able to finally find a utility to let me play music without creating a playlist and manually sorting it, but all the millions of iTune lovers will probably disagree.

THE ABSOLUTE WORST PART OF THE MACHINE IS HOW SLOW IT IS. The operating system is constantly optimizing the disc without giving that process a lower priority then anything you need to do - as a result a simple close an active window can take up to a few minutes. The machine is doing disc writes as I am typing this - why?

OVERALL IMPRESSION: reliable mac software. completely inadequate hardware.

MY RECOMMENDATION: avoid this one like the plague and spend money on a much more expensive Mac notebook. Me, I am going back to Toshiba as soon as my iBook dies or gets thrown out of my window on 23rd floor.

very satisfied
I've been looking to buy an ibook for a while now. It far exceeds my Dell notebook capabilities in sounds and graphics. Garageband was one of the main reasons for switching to a Mac platform. It has given me a new world of possibilities for composing and recording adventures. The product was carefully sent in a safe and timely fashion. Thanks!