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Comment on Apple iBook Laptop 12.1″ M9164LL/A (800-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) by Lindsey

Lindsey — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:04:27 +0000

2.0 out of 5 stars
Slow and a small screen, what is there to like?
Well it’s worth 2 stars because it’s fine for reading email. Perhaps writing a Word document. And only if you do those things for less than 30 minutes a day (eye strain builds…

Comment on Apple iBook Laptop 12.1″ M9164LL/A (800-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 04:52:12 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic machine for an incredible price!
I bought this iBook to upgrade my son’s 1 yr old iBook G3 – which I sold on eBay for a couple hundreds less. Like another reviewer, I figured USB2.

Comment on Apple iBook Laptop 12.1″ M9164LL/A (800-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) by Maconaquea

Maconaquea — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:06:46 +0000

3.0 out of 5 stars
GOOD MAC, BUT NEEDS MORE ATA HARD DRIVE, RECOMMEND POWERBOOK
I got this iBook, and it is really awesome with all of the software, and I am really impressed with MAC OS X, but I ran into a little trouble with my 30 gb hard drive a couple…

Comment on Apple iBook Laptop 12.1″ M9164LL/A (800-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) by Jennelle

Jennelle — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:39:09 +0000

3.0 out of 5 stars
Overpriced TOY ! ! !
The laptop is OLD and OVERPRICED !!! Get yourself a real laptop (check out latest Compaq models)!!

Comment on Apple iBook Laptop 12.1″ M9164LL/A (800-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) by Avis

Avis — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:26:18 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Good machine
I’ve got friends with this (I personally have a 15″ PowerBook) machine, and it’s great. With OS X I recommend at least 512mb of ram, but for the casual user, 256 would…

Comment on Apple iBook Laptop 12.1″ M9164LL/A (800-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 08:17:04 +0000

2.0 out of 5 stars
Mac OSX is nice, but the hardware is years out of date
I had this notebook for a few months, having switched from the PC to the Mac platform. OSX is a contender…

Comment on Apple iBook Laptop 12.1″ M9164LL/A (800-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) by Prosper

Prosper — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:04:53 +0000

1.0 out of 5 stars
Old and slow
Look I love Macs but an 800MHz G4? It’s just too slow to run modern software. The basic design of this CPU is almost 10 years old!!

Comment on Apple iBook Laptop 12.1″ M9164LL/A (800-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) by Orenda

Orenda — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:11:32 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Gosh Darnit
It is a millon times better than a Dell or any other windows computer. I should know i have a powerhouse windows xp pro machine.

Comment on Apple iBook Laptop 12.1″ M9164LL/A (800-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) by Ossie

Ossie — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:38:29 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Great computer
Great computer. Has the slot loading cd drive. Burn your own cd watch your favorite dvds. Transfer files from Microsoft Office to your other pcs.

Comment on Apple iBook Laptop 12.1″ M9164LL/A (800-MHz PowerPC G4, 256 MB RAM, 30 GB Hard Drive, DVD/CD-RW Drive) by Tacey

Tacey — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:40:56 +0000

2.0 out of 5 stars Defective keyboard
Not Good !! The Laptop looked very nice from the outside but some of the keys didn't work. I purchased it on May 20, 2009 and still have not received a replacement or refund...

Comment on CaseCrown 10.2 Notebook Premium Double Memory Foam Pouch Case with Front Pocket (8.9 inch) by Tablita

Tablita — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:56:19 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best
I have had the 8.9 Asus and the 8.9 Acer. There is no comparison. The NC-10 has the same weight, 7-8 hours of battery life, 10.

Comment on MSI Wind U100-439US 10-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom Processor, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, XP Home, 3 Cell Battery) White by Philomena

Philomena — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:15:35 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice MSI Wind U100-439US with some minor problems
I got this nice netbook about a month ago and love it. Some minor problems:
1. as expected the screen is too small for almost anything, except for watching
movie…

Comment on CaseCrown 10.2 Notebook Premium Double Memory Foam Pouch Case with Front Pocket (8.9 inch) by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:27:27 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars
Is there a shoulder strap?
I have seen 2 different pictures of this bag on Amazon. 1 version indicates loops for a shoulder strap while the other version does not.

Comment on CaseCrown 10.2 Notebook Premium Double Memory Foam Pouch Case with Front Pocket (8.9 inch) by Rylan

Rylan — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:21:24 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars
Not all that I was wanting, will see as time goes on how it works
Let me start by stating that I posted in Yahoo answers asking for this product. I’m curious if someone found my post and monopolized on it, and if that’s the case (pun) good job…

Comment on MSI Wind U100-439US 10-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom Processor, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, XP Home, 3 Cell Battery) White by Fina

Fina — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:19:37 +0000

3.0 out of 5 stars
Great computer for a child
I bought this for my stepdaughter as her handed down, handed down, laptop finally stopped working.
It looked good in the reviews and it is exactly what she needed…