iMatt mini said:
Looks like a good deal, go for it.
As for the processor question there is one thing you have to understand that most manufacturers have been keeping from you: GHz is not a measure of speed!! It is a measure of cycles per second that the chip can perform, the speed of the chip depends on how many calculations per cycle it can handle. Macs, whilst clocked slower, achieve far more calculations per second than a P4 at a higher GHz rating. Pentium M's are a different beast all together.
The fastest chip Intel makes is a 1.6GHz Itanium chip - spooky eh? especially compared to the 3.8GHz monsters getting around. I can tell you that the 1.2GHz G4 in my iBook smashes my parents' 2.4GHz Celeron on the PC at their place, it really makes it feel like working through glue.
Basically when you order, upgrade the HDD as far as you can go before you hit your budget limit, there isn't much else to upgrade on an iBook barring RAM which can be done easily and cheaply via a third party vendor (see the umpteen threads about RAM vendors on these forums) This allows you a good deal of breathing room and is cheaper in the long run than buying a new HDD and getting them to install it ($$CHA-CHING!!$$)
Try out your iBook at 512RAM (same as what I have and for the stuff I do it's is just fine - word processing, web browsing, MSNing, iChat, iTunes, just generally basic stuff, iPhoto, a bit of GarageBanding it's all good. But then, when talking about RAM more is good, even more is better) and then decide if you want to spend the money on more RAM. The 512MB is built in which I was surprised to see at first (it allows for more RAM than the base PowerBook!) so if you do go up, an extra 512 will proviide a very handy performance boost.
Enjoy your iBook, ask as many questions as you want on here, there are always people willing to answer but as usual, make sure you search before you ask.
