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The original netbook. Jun 19, 2009
By Margaret Picky I've had a 12" iBook G4 since 2005 and it's still my favorite notebook for browsing the internet, writing letters, and even reading pdf's. It's very lightweight and I consider the screen the perfect size. It's held up very well. One of the keys has a hairline crack and one of the rubber feet on the bottom fell off but I clean it every month or so and it still looks almost new.
My only criticism is that it gets a little warm so I keep it on top of a clipboard when holding it in my lap. No viruses, no crashes, no worries.
When netbooks started becoming popular a couple of years ago, I had to laugh because I already have a lightweight, handy netbook. In fact, I'm using it right now to write this review. Given a choice between a new Asus or Dell netbook or a used iBook G4 for the same price, I would take the G4 without thinking about it for a second.
22 of 23 found the following review helpful:
Awesome Laptop Mar 12, 2010
By J. McLemore This thing was made 5 years ago and keeps up with my brand new netbook. The battery life is amazing and it runs smooth. The only downside to this computer is the 40gb HD. But with networked and regular external drives, flash memory and such, it not that big of a deal.
All in all, this is my first mac and I love it.
25 of 27 found the following review helpful:
The best laptop I have ever owned Nov 01, 2010
By jb I have had my ibook for almost 5 years now. I bought it christmas of '05. I am going to tell the problems I have had with it first because that's probably what your most interested in.
The biggest problem I had was the battery. It worked great for about 3 years then died completely. (this can be expected with any rechargable battery)
Other than that there have been NO MAJOR PROBELMS EVER. I have not once taken it in for a tune-up, repair, inspection, ect.
The only minor hinderances are as follows:
The keyboard doesn't light up which makes typing in the dark difficult.
For some reason my hard-drive is almost full so everytime I search for something in the search bar, it runs really slow.
It doesn't use an IBM processer so I guess you can say it is a true blood mac, which makes some programs incompatible.
Now the good stuff:
I actually think that if you consider it was made 5 years ago, it is a better computer than what apple makes now. I was way ahead of its time and it still works great! The user face is really easy, it has done everything I have asked it, it just works. I cannot say enough good things about this computer. If you are just an average computer person looking for a nice little laptop, I highly reccomend it. The only reason I'm getting a new one is because I like the camera, faster procceser, and added memory. Only after 5 years am I just starting to see it become slightly outdated. I actually think that back in the day apple gave you more for less. This computer came with its own word processing program and alot of added software. The new ones require you to buy every peice of software. And this one has a removable battery which allowed me to charge 2-3 batteries for road trips and just pop them in as I went through them. I think apple's biggest mistake with the new laptops is the nonremovable battery. When it dies, that's it, find an outlet. And eventually when it completely dies (and it will probably only last 3 years) they want you to pay a technician for labor+parts to put a new one in. It's ridiculous! If you can get this computer for a low price. Go for it!
17 of 18 found the following review helpful:
cant beat that price Sep 17, 2010
By sasha Just recieved my G4 Ibook recently and I can honestly say I love it! im a college student and my pc laptops kept freezing and crashing nonstop! and I really wanted a mac but I didnt have the "mac" money or so I thought. This is my first mac and its life saver! for less than $300 dollars you can have a portable mac that does everything a $1000+ new mac does ( minus the camera)... It does get warm but that isnt a real big issue with me...as far as battery life it doesnt seem to be the greatest, in my case it isnt a problem because I intend on having my charger with me. I think people should consider this computer as a start mac.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Old Apples Don't Go Bad Oct 07, 2010
By J. Hall This G4 iBook is old (6+ years I believe), it has a small hard drive by current standards, a small screen (near netbook size), and an operating system some view as out of date - BUT, the machine is quick has a full GB of memory, has an internal airport extreme card, and if we are really serious about portable computing needs this machine beat the heck out of netbook, at a lower cost and better performance. Old Apples Just Don't Seem To Go Bad - at least not as quickly as some more recent machines.
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The original netbook. Jun 19, 2009
By Margaret Picky
Old Apples Don't Go Bad Oct 07, 2010
By J. Hall
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