[Syntoad]

After being dragged along by a laptop repair company, I am finally coming into posession of my (still broken) iBook, and $400. I'm pretty much giving up on fixing it from bad experiences, and instead looking to buy a used laptop.

So here's my two questions:

1. Which iBook/powerbook model would you suggest, and possibly a suggestion on where to get it. My use for the laptop will probally be best classified as 'everything except games.' (more specifics available upon request)
   
2. I want to sell my old ibook for parts. Are there any places someone else has had a good experience with (other than selling on eBay) that will buy an ibook with a broken screen for parts?

[gcvt]

Does "everything except games" include heavy audio/video editing...or are we just talking about web, email, iTunes, etc.?

[Syntoad]

Mostly doing school stuff, editing web pages, programming, some random photoshop and 3d work. Don't see myself ever doing actual video or audio editing. iTunes either. Music is for my ipod not my mac

[gcvt]

Well, I use my 12" iBook for web surfing, email, webpage creation, Photoshop, Illustrator, iTunes, etc. and I don't have any complaints about the performance. I don't do any 3D or A/V work though. I'm running 768MB RAM.

[SSharon]

Originally posted by Syntoad:
I want to sell my old ibook for parts. Are there any places someone else has had a good experience with (other than selling on eBay) that will buy an ibook with a broken screen for parts?

Why the marketplace forum of course.

[sminch]

i'm running a 12" ibook with 768meg ram and it's sweet - it should be all good for what you're suggesting. if you wait another couple of weeks people are expecting ibooks to be upgraded in april, though whether this'll mean a slight speed increase (or even more minor change) or complete redesign is debatable.

sminch

[jamil5454]

The iBook is good for anything except medium-heavy 3d work. That includes games, and some intense 3d modeling.

I use my iBook for Java programming and it's plenty fast. I only wish Apple didn't have that release delay for all Java releases. My classes are starting to use 1.5 now and I've got to use the lab's computers for all 1.5-only programs

[Syntoad]

I guess I should probally also add the note that the $400 plus whatever I get from selling the broken one (My guess is around $100-150) While 768Meg of memory sounds awesome, I think that would take up my whole budget.

[villalobos]

Originally posted by Syntoad:
I guess I should probally also add the note that the $400 plus whatever I get from selling the broken one (My guess is around $100-150) While 768Meg of memory sounds awesome, I think that would take up my whole budget.

So are you saying you want to spend $500? You would have to go used at that point. Maybe Powermax.com.
If you can spend more there is the refurb section of the Apple Store ($850 for current iBook), or Amazon (no taxes but with mail-in rebate, same price I think).
512 Mb will cost around $80.