I don't know how many of you guys are iBook people, but Apple just did a small upgrade of their line, and made it just a liiiiittle nicer, and got rid of their most expensive model. Here's the new line:
The new iBook lineup is immediately available through The Apple Storeยฎ (
www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers in two standard configurations.
The 1.33 GHz PowerPC G4 iBook, weighing just 4.9 pounds, has a suggested retail price of $999 (US) and includes:
-- a crisp 12.1-inch (diagonal) active-matrix TFT display;
-- 512MB DDR SDRAM expandable to up to 1.5GB maximum memory;
-- a 40GB Ultra ATA hard drive;
-- AirPort Extreme 54 Mbps 802.11g WiFi wireless networking and Bluetooth
2.0+EDR;
-- two USB 2.0 ports, FireWire 400;
-- VGA video out, S-video and composite video out support;
-- 56K v.92 modem, Ethernet (10/100 BASE-T); and
-- a slot-load Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) drive.
The 1.42 GHz PowerPC G4 iBook, weighing just 5.9 pounds, has a suggested retail price of $1,299 (US) and includes:
-- a brilliant 14.1-inch (diagonal) active-matrix TFT display;
-- 512MB DDR SDRAM expandable to up to 1.5GB maximum memory;
-- a 60GB Ultra ATA hard drive;
-- AirPort Extreme 54 Mbps 802.11g WiFi wireless networking and Bluetooth
2.0+EDR;
-- two USB 2.0 ports, FireWire 400;
-- VGA video out, S-video and composite video out support;
-- 56K v.92 modem, Ethernet (10/100 BASE-T); and
-- a slot-load SuperDrive (DVD+/-R/CD-RW) drive.
Additional build-to-order options for the new iBook include up to 1.5GB of DDR SDRAM, a 60GB, 80GB or 100GB Ultra ATA/100 hard drive and the AppleCare Protection Plan.
This is great for me, as I was literally days away from buying the $1400 one because it had the Superdrive. Now I get to spend less on a (slightly) better machine. I'm quite pleased

. I believe the RAM used to be 266mhz, and is now 333, and the max RAM is now 1.5gb, as opposed to 1.25 from before. Overall, Powerbook still beats it, but the price is too good to refuse for something so useful.