Typical of Mac products, iBook comes with swell software bundle, including highly-regarded AppleWorks... Not many ports on this machine -- no PC card slot, for example. That limits expansion. Ports that are there all live on the left side of machine... No docking station or port replicator for iBook. If you plan on using external monitor and keyboard with your notebook, you might want to look elsewhere... Not wild about fold-out prongs on power adapter. Awkward, and not necessary.
Hey Apple, what gives with the skimpy one-year warranty? Time to flesh out that policy.
All in all, a very simple, very practical portable. Long battery life, good screen, swell software bundle. If you're the type who needs more of everything, bulked-up version of same machine boasts 14.1 inch display and even longer battery life. It weighs nearly six pounds, however. We'll stick with this one.
(Editor's Note: Thin is in for notebook computers, but how about the computer makers themselves — how much cash do they keep on hand? See for yourself with the CFO PeerMetrix interactive scorecards.)
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