How much for the money

[dallasuo]

Well my little sister has decided to make the switch. She has about 600-700 dollars to spend. She wants to get a used 12" ibook. What kind of specs would she likely be able to get for this much money?

[Josh396]

Well my little sister has decided to make the switch. She has about 600-700 dollars to spend. She wants to get a used 12" ibook. What kind of specs would she likely be able to get for this much money?
Last year I was able to get a 12" ibook 1.07 Ghz, 256 RAM, 30 GB HD for $550. At the time it was a pretty good deal but I don't know what they are going for now. I'm sure if you could find something that it should be fine as long as you add some RAM.

[xparaparafreakx]

A referb iBook might do the trick.

[plinden]

On the current Apple refurb page -
iBook G4 800MHz/ 256MB/ 30GB/ Combo/ E/ 56K/ 12-inch TFT, $649
iBook G4 1.2GHz/ 256MB/ 30GB/ CD/ E/ 56K/ 12-inch TFT, $699

Both with Tiger and iLife 05 included.

[mduser63]

I'd just keep checking the Apple refurb page. The deals that plinden posted are pretty good. However, the 1.2 GHz iBook he posted has a plain CD-ROM drive which is pretty limiting. Keep checking and I bet a 1.2 GHz machine with a combo drive will come up for sale. It'll probably only be $749 or so, which is a really good deal IMO.

Refurbished units are a good deal because they come with the full Apple warranty, Tiger and iLife '05, and you're almost guaranteed that they are in excellent working order. There are a lot of people here on Macrumors that have refurb units, and I haven't come across anyone reporting a bad experience with them.

[dallasuo]

I saw those on the refurb, but they dont have ae. but i guess i could just buy a card and pop it in.