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Man, new G4 iBooks. I spec'd one out, just for liver-eating fun. With the max RAM (640M), AirPort Extreme, and Bluetooth, the 14" LCD version is $1800. Just slightly over half what I paid for my G4 PowerBook a month ago.

So, what would I lose?

• Shiny silver case
  
• 396M of RAM (and over a gig of headroom)
  
• 20GB of HD and probably 4200 vs 5400 RPM spindle speed
  
• 14" 1024x768 instead of 15.2" 1280x854 LCD.
  
• Crappy video instead of awesome video I can't use because there are no wicked 3d games for the Mac
  
• Firewire 800
  
• Cool backlit keyboard.
  
• PCMCIA slot
  
• Dual-head video
  
• DVI out
  
• 256k of L2 cache
  
• 133Mhz bus instead of 167Mhz
  
• DVD writing
  
• 1Ghz vs 1.25Ghz G4 CPU
  
• Panther instead of Jaguar installed (although, my Panther shipped today)
  

What would I get? Most importantly, four more hours of battery life and $1500 in my pocket!

I'm not sure if I am in "D'oh" or "oh well" mode yet. At least the iBook weighs as much or more than my PowerBook, so that reason is no longer an issue.

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