Apple iBook G4 14.1" Laptop - M9848LL/A (July, 2005)

I wanted one of these for a long time. Having owned a emac 1.42 for a
while now and getting used to Leopard has been a fun challenge.
So finding an ibook with the last Motorola chip and other great features has proven to be as challenging. First a reasonably fast surfing experience as well as a laptop in decent physical condition were my main concerns. The functions like wi-fi and a dvd burner made the entire deal sweet! Having to settle for Tiger was the only concession made and not really a bad one at that.
Overall I got what I wanted. Upgrading to Leopard at some time in the future is on the plate. And the only real compliant was a cracked topcase which promptly I had replaced to return the ibook to an above average good condition! I'm real particular about my stuff in case I ever need to resell.
So far its met my needs the 1.42mhz G4 is a good little intermediate laptop.
A new battery gave me almost 6 hours of portable life.
I highly recommend this model for someone who doesn't use a lot of programs at one time and wants an affordable price. I'd say the Apple ibook 1.42 is the high end of the low end Macs and you won't be sorry for owning one!

The iBook G4 1.42 MHz is the last PowerPC based laptop that Apple manufactured. It's a good deal if you can score one for $200 or less, especially if OS X 10.5 is loaded in the machine. It's able to run many of the available updated software packages that are available under OSX 10.5. . . the only downside with the machine operating under this OS is that it does not offer support for Classic and pre-OS X Apple software (as does OS X 10.4. The machines themselves are pretty dependable if you take care of your computers. The only drawbacks are the power supply...they can be a bit dicey and break down if used hard...and the batteries that often are included with these units. I strongly recommend purchasing a third-party power supply at the first hint, or before, of a possible power supply problem. Replacement batteries, third party ones, are often economical to purchase and seem to have a long life with these computers.

My LapTop (Dell) had died an needed to replace it, ive been looking into getting a Mac from about a week after i got my Dell. I wanted a Mac becouse of how well it works with everything else I own, ie... iPods Touch, iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, iPod Classic, iPad, an Soon (thanks Verizon) iPhone!!! The only thing that I didnt like about the Macs is that they are so expensive an so when I saw that I could get one that did what I wanted it to do for the right price I jumped. I still didn't like the Ram an the Hard Drive, but after contacting the local Apple Store an found out how inexpensitive the Ram an Hard Drive upgrade was, well I was Hooked. With the slower Ram an 60gb HD i still think this was the way to go!

The experience was excellent. I would buy from thiseller again! Computer works gone except the battery life is dead and the power supply is sparking when I plug it in.

GREAT FOR A FAMILY COMPUTER. Can surf the web, use for college, and have fun with photos and music. Also writes & plays DVD's. The particular ibook we got has leopard with ilife 08'. I increased the RAM to 1 GB for $25! Awesome addition to our newer imac! Will probably get another one but maybe a slightly bigger HD, maybe 120 GB. We upload videos and ALL 23, 000 pictures to our imac (500 GB) and then choose media wisely to add to our public folder so we can add to our ibook. Works great !!!