Second that. There's just something about having a 'white' apple laptop.
Ok, back to the topic. Keep the iBook. The Powerbooks are more powerful than an ibook, but the G4 processor is quite fast.
Keep in mind that iBooks/PowerBooks are faster and more powerful than netbooks, and there soooo many of them. G4 are just so underrated, like Maroon 5, very underrated but they are a totally awesome band.
I understand what you mean, though I don't listen to Maroon 5.
The knock on the Powerbook was that, due to the metal casing, it interfered with wireless connectivity. You had a stronger signal with the plastic casing...and you still would today.
"Back in the day" the differences between the Powerbook vs. iBook were meaningful. In today's terms, both are going to be equally slow and difficult keeping up with modern internet browsing.
But, with love, they still can get meaningful work done. Wait...does anybody do work with a computer anymore? I thought everybody just surfed the web...
Yes. Me
Actually I use my iBook more than my way-more-powerful-mountain-lion-running-hackintosh. I use this iBook for everything. Including typing this
My workflow includes using safari (which can handle several tabs and several windows of tabs) for my online classes (and soon I will be going to a physical college, where my iBook will follow me), older version of Spotify for Frank Sinatra (Enjoyed with some wine, of course), older version of Evernote for notes obviously, I also have entourage and soho running in the background with stickies. I have spaces enabled, time machine, dashboard, and use iWork Pages/Keynotes for school docs.
iTunes works fine. iPhoto can slow down but picks up. I've had pixelmator crash before on me when generating starshine, to be expected on this little trooper.
Once I earn my degree this thing will be following me into the classroom if I don't have a new one by then as I'm not really looking to upgrade. If I do it will be a late polycarbonate unibody Macbook, I don't like the aluminums. Despite that I take care of my stuff, I have seen some bad ones warped with dents on them that really kinda turned me off. Maybe I'll get a 13 inch Pro in the future if they ever put a good graphics chip in. Or 13 in Air if they don't by the time I'm in the market.
OP: Sorry to hijack your thread! I hope you were able to decipher that I am really happy with my iBook, and that they are very capable machines still, so there is no need to rush out and upgrade unless you want to!