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1. It was for me. I just recently was contemplating an iBook for my most recent purchase but when compared to a similar configuration in a PC laptop, there WAS a thousand dollar difference. That was MY shopping experience. The one difference I can see (if I can actually take for granted somehow that a 900 mHz iBook is somehow as fast or faster than a 1.6mHz Athlon :eyes: ) was the PC had a DVD reader/CD-RW instead of the DVD-RW in the iBook. The latest base model iBook without WiFi is offered here in Toronto for $2250. This Averatec I just picked up I got with WiFi for $1299. I can't see justification switching to OS X and software and a DVD writer for $1000 in the hardware.

2. That's an impressive hardware upgrade for a laptop. You running OS X on it? Zzzzzzz, heheh. I have a blue case G3 and my sister who uses it mainly can't figure out why it takes forever to boot up along with some other mystery problems it's picked up somehow. I was contemplating loading OS X on it but was told by exclusively MAC people that it wasn't worth the time unless we got a G4. Lo and behold thus, we must abandon the island for new hardware.

3. Yes the time it takes to update is worth nothing. The anti-virus software cost me $30 and it updates itself in the background.

4. Your right but so was I, I often mistakenly refer to that small powerbook as the iBook. Nevertheless the problem remains. Ironic isn't it. The newer model with the heat problem is also the much more expensive unit.