what kinda of ibook

[iwantibook]

im a student in high-school and need a laptop cuz my handwriting stinks....
my parents just bought me a really nice windows laptop, but it is very expensive and not my sturdy.... so i decided that i would save up to buy a used ibook off ebay....

i was wondering whether the to get a 466mhz clamshell or a 500mhz dual usb.....

i need firewire cuz i wnat to sync my ipod with it


i also dont want to spend much more than 450....


so whats better dual usb or clamshell

thanks

[tiktokfx]

Not likely to happen. A quick check of eBay will show you that neither of those models, when functioning, go for less than $500. Be cheaper to just learn how to write neatly.

[virividox]

whats wrong with the laptop? so its a little expensive but not sturdy?

i doubt ull find it on ebay for that price...

learn to write in print or be careful with ur new laptop :D

[Engagebot]

yeah, macs keep their resale value for a while, even if theyre old enough to not even be useful...

[pinto32]

I know it probably isnt an option, but if you could manage to stretch your buget a bit, you could snag a reburbished iBook or eMac from Apple.com's "special deals" page.

Any possibility of selling the Windows laptop? If its a nice model, that could get you a new iBook or maybe even a Powerbook!

(If you can manage to buy from Apple, be sure to give the Education discount a try! Its generally meant for college students, but they are pretty lax about checking it out. (its gonna be used for learning anyway!))

[iwantibook]

thanks for the feedback...
i might be able to strech my budget to 500-550 which is what they sell at but i still would like to kno whether clamshell or dual usb would be better

the problem with my laptop now is that a few trips to and from school and it would be toast.... it really wasnt meant to be a school laptop

also my school is an os 9.2 native with all of its network hard drives and such will OSX be compatible

anyway....
:)

[chv400]

The LCD screens on the clamshell iBooks have a max resoulution of 800x600 and personally i would want more than that. So if you're other choice has a higher reolution LCD i'd go with that.