Is the G4 worth $300 ?

[chevy]

Apple offers the iBook G3 and the iBook G4 (both advertised today). Both with 30 GB HD, both with 800 MHz CPU clock, both with 12" screen... price difference is $300 !

[MikeXpop]

The warrantee alone is worth at least $300.

Hell, my iBook has gone under over $700 bucks worth of repairs and replacements.

[fryke]

There's also the difference of the optical drive (the G3 in that picture has a CD-ROM drive only) and the RAM configuration. (Although you'll want to replace the 128 MB block in the G4-model with a bigger one, anyway, so it'll be useless soon enough...)

[Giaguara]

The one above is with cd drive. The new one is with combo drive. That explains 100-150 $ of the difference, the G4 the rest.

[ElDiabloConCaca]

...don't forget that the new iBooks use DDR RAM as well. There are quite a few differences besides the processor type if you look at the two models in depth.

[chevy]

If you just want a 12" Mac to carry with you, and you have a bigger one home, both do the same (let's put 512 MB RAM in each). I regret that the $800 is not on the main price list anymore.

[btoneill]

Originally Posted by MikeXpop

The warrantee alone is worth at least $300.

Hell, my iBook has gone under over $700 bucks worth of repairs and replacements.

They are both under full warrantee. This is from the "Special Deals" section where they sell refurb and closeout stuff, all under full warrantee, I just got my 17" iMac from there, who cares if it's refurbed, it still has the same warantee, plus someone went over it with a fine tooth comb before it was repackaged

On the original, I'd say the combo drive plus the bonus of having altivec is worth the $300. Not to mention the new one also is slot loading, which gives alot more rigidity to the case then the tray load in the G3 ibooks.

Brian