Just curious — why would you recommend an iBook over a Powerbook? I see 15” 1.67GHz Powerbooks on eBay pretty regularly for around $500. In fact, I’m getting ready to buy one — it’ll be my first Mac. And I agree with your logic on the G4. The fact that the G4/Intel switchover is a well-known evolutionary divide is what’s making the G4 Macs a good bargain right now for people who aren’t super sensitive to evolutionary divides. I don’t really care about having the latest wiz bang stuff and I could care less if 10.6 won’t support my G4. A G4 Mac for $500 or less is a sweet computer that will be totally adequate for 90% of people for several years. And if you really wanted to go cheap, how about a 1GHz titanium Powerbook for $350?
Love those Titaniums... in fact... notice how head designer at Apple revolutionized the computer world when those first Tibooks came out...
and notice how he kept the industrial design looks of the tibook for the MacBook Air, new Mac books and MBPs?
Only limit on Tibooks is max 1 gig ram. And they are a tad wide after the 12” screens. I had one back in the day as well as the first 400, and a 667mhz, too.
I kind of like having the last revision of the PPC lines... Good price on the Tibook, and I’ve seen late model G4s for good prices like that...