Rating  - I really like my laptop!!
This laptop is very user friendly, and has a lot of unique capabilities. The screen is thin, and wide for a fantastic crisp looking screen display; however, the price is the biggest downfall of this product. In fact I got my laptop for free!! Just paste this site in your address bar, and have fun with it! [...]
Rating - Perfect!
I admit that I don't know a lot about computers, so this review will be all about my FEELINGS!
I have never owned any type of computer other than a Mac, although at school I sometimes am required to use a PC. Using the PC is always depressing and counter-intuitive to me and I am always happy when I am back on a Mac. I have owned Apple computers since 1990 or so, and I can truthfully say that I HAVE NEVER NEEDED TO GET ANY OF THEM REPAIRED OR SERVICED! Isn't that amazing! I've never had a virus. I've never had a crash. These are experiences I have read and heard about, like unicorns and UFOs, but never experienced for myself.
Sometimes, however, I need to know how to do something obscure and I can't quite figure it out. In such cases I call the Apple-Care Hotline. Now anyone who has ever called, say, the Microsoft Hotline knows how awful calling a computer-related support number can be...you're on hold forever right? And then you end up saying your name 20 times to someone in Bangladesh who doesn't really know the product, right? Well, if this sounds like something you would like to avoid with a computer product, get a Mac. I have never been on hold more than 5 minutes and then I get a friendly, knowledgeable and often funny person who is located in the US! I know! Impossible right?!? But it's true!!! It is a real joy!
And I very much love Tiger OSX and on this computer in particular. It is so fast and you can have 20 programs open with no problems at all! You can burn DVDs and CDs on it with such ease. I have never had to read a manual to use a Mac. Most of the time I think "How would I design the computer to work if it were up to me?" And guess what? It works the way you would think it would.
Also, I don't know if this is the case for all computers now, but I love the search feature where I can type in the most obscure word or term from an undergraduate paper I wrote 5 years ago, like "teleological suspension of the ethical" and it will show me every single thing on my computer what has that sentence *anywhere* in it. In a 20 page paper I didn't even remember writing! That's amazing.
I am very much an Apple advocate. It is the one product I can think of that I will actually tout the merits of, and defend against lame PC advocates in public. I just think the Mac is one of the last well-made products in this sorry, war-ridden and weary world of ours.
Rating  - Apple iBook G4 14"
I purchased my iBook 3 weeks ago. At first, I was amazed by how simple using my iBook was. I literally opened the box, plugged it in, and was using the computer within fifteen minutes. After a week, I started having doubts whether I should keep the iBook or return it for a Dell or other Windows based laptop. After many discussions and research, I decided to stay with the iBook and I couldn't have made a better descision.
I have been a Windows user my whole life, and I would become annoyed at school when I'd have to use the old colorful iMacs. Those were horrible. With Mac OS X Tiger 10.4.3, everything is so clean and a pleasure to use. From the sleek white casing to the beautiful, crisp desktops and screensavers, you can't go wrong with the new Macs.
I am a pretty tech-savvy person, so I look at all the details that your average person would not. To me, 60GB is not enough for a hard drive. This is twice the size of my iPod, and I think Apple could do much better with the standardized hard drive space. (Not to mention the pre-installed programs take up a rough 10 gigs of valuable storage space.)
The AirPort feature is extremely cool, I can hook up to the internet in seconds. I can't think of any major fallbacks with the iBook, and I am extremely happy with my descision on switching to Mac.
-N.W.
Rating - iBook G4 1.42 GHz
I bought this laptop for my wife earlier this year. Performance has been flawless and there have been no problems or warranty issues. She never used a computer before and within a short time began using the laptop everyday. Using our wireless Apple Airport network, she's able to travel anywhere in the house or in the yard and work on the computer, and that performance has been flawless as well. Although the price is perhaps a little higher than some ultra cheap PC laptops, the performance and reliability of this laptop is worth the price. Considering the superiority of the Mac operating system and near zero problem with viruses, spyware, etc. the whole package is a bargain.
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