Apple iBook G4

If I was running out to buy a laptop, and saw an Apple iBook, I probably wouldn’t at this point and time pick it up, but Laptop Magazine took a look at it and ended up giving it a four out of a possible five points on their rating system.

The 12-inch Apple iBook represents what many consider to be the best deal in notebook computers: a stylish portable packed with pep, features, and an affordable price tag that starts at $999. This notebook works well at home or on the road.

This 4.9-pound system is at the low end of Apple’s portable lineup, but it is far from barebones. The latest generation gets a bump in processor speed and memory, plus a slew of new features trickled down from its more robust brother, the PowerBook. (Consider Apple’s products like a luxury BMW: the lower-end 3-series eventually gets all of the fun toys from the 7-series.)

Maybe when the Intel processor based iBooks come out, I will give it another look.

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