Rating  - NIce Little Machine
I was a frustrated PC user who was interested in trying an Apple product. I hesitated for a while and finaly purchaced my iBook from Amazon. I was not impressed with the performance of the computer and I added 512megs of ram.It was worth every penny because now my Mac is extreemly fast. The ease of OSX is unbelievable. I have only used my support 3 times in a year and a half. My wife always had problems with the PC (blue screen whenever she was on it) she loves th mac and has never had any problems with it. My one complaint is the speakers are not loud enough.
Rating - Best laptop for the money, by far
This is probably the best designed laptop I've ever used. It's compact, light, and everything a laptop should be. My experience with other laptops is that they are usually rushed to market and poorly designed, overheating to the extant that they crash.
For students, this is an excellent laptop that actually holds its value and usability, something that is instantly compromized when you buy some other laptop, and, like another reviewer said, is extremely durable; something ideal for a student throwing it into a bag of textbooks and notebooks. The speakers are truly impressive sounding for a laptop. Most other notebooks' speakers sound tinny and strained, at best. Also, the Apple support is second to none. Some complaints, however. The keyboard is of course very small, and the keys give the impression that they are going to break, or become dislodged, or something of the sort (they won't, I assure you). Like a previous reviewer said, they take what can seem an eternity to start up, and the 128 MB of RAM that comes with is not sufficient, to say the least. Mac OS X is extremely resource intensive, one could say it squanders CPU power on unnecessary window shadows and effects. If you have the nerve to partially take apart the laptop, this can easily be solved, in part, with another stick of RAM. The 12" screen can be a little small, but if you are truly bothered by it, an adapter comes with the ibook to hook up to a VGA monitor.
OS X is also the most developed operating system put forth by one company, and is also the best looking. I haven't discovered any problems with networking that would have been any easier with a Windows laptop. The internal airport card is also a blessing (there is no PCMCIA slot), and it saves from the possibility of losing the card (without the even more catastrophic loss of the laptop).
Apple generously supplies almost all the software one would need in order to accomplish most computing tasks right out of the box. For an all-purpose computer for the average user, I would say the ibook is a very viable option. If you're into high-end graphics, audio and video editing, and you have money to burn, a Powerbook is probably your best bet. Be warned though, aluminum is an extremely good heat conductor.
Rating  - students, steer clear
at my school, we have many of these apple notebooks. mabey i got the wrong impression, but these ibooks are horrible. they take litteraly 9 minuts to turn on.they are slow and unreliable. im stiken with my new hp. rock on/
Rating - "Great laptop, did you get that at wal-mart?"
Nope. Can't buy a Mac at wal-mart. but you can buy lots of pc's there. Curious isn't it? This machine obviously isn't for the masses. It is for the reserved few who want the best. It does everything my pc does, just better.
I will say that I don't really waste time with video games. If you are a gamer, you may not want a Mac. Stick to your Atari, or whatever. If you want the best in a personal notebook, that offers great speed, a system that never crashes, surf the net, grab email, manage your digital tools, (camera's, iPod's, iSight, iCal, iChat) you can't beat it.
It's also the most beautiful hardware, and operating system on the planet.
It's not for everyone, just the ones who know better.
Rating - What a great investment!
I am so very glad that I switched to Mac. I was frustrated up to my neck with Windows, and I am very pleased with the Mac OS--incredibly stable. I am a student, and really need the portability factor. This definitely gives you that! It is so light. I have all I need here: internet, word processing, and cd/dvd combo. I did buy some extra memory, which is a good idea; you can work very well with just the 128 MB, but to be able to open a dozen programs at once, it's always a good idea to have that extra memory--particulary with memory costs as low as they are now. And Amazon.com DEFINITELY had the best price--I did plenty of comparative shopping. Great investment!
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