<p>anyone wanna comment on the ibook’s durability, its casing, battery life (should one get an additional battery?), its weight (is it light enough to carry or cumbersome?), </p>
<p>post pictures of your ibook also ha ha (or powerbooK)</p>
<p>i take my ibook to school every day. i have a backpack with a laptop sleeve, and i haven’t had any issues with the bag being too heavy. this is for the 12" ibook; i don’t know how much heavier the 14" would be. i’ve been fairly gentle with it, but the case seems durable enough. there are some barely noticeable scratches, and faint scuff marks on the corners because i’ve been carrying it around so much. i was actually impressed with the battery life. i think it’s around five hours – i remember watching a movie on the plane and still having around three hours left, so that seems like a reasonable estimate. i don’t think an extra battery is necessary unless you really plan to do a lot of work away from an electric outlet. i usually keep it connected to the adapter whenever i’m at home, and let it charge overnight.</p>
<p>i would post pictures, but i don’t have a digital camera …</p>
<p>But how long have you had it?</p>
<p>The more you use it the shorter the battery life gets.</p>
<p>It will be fine for a year or maybe 2, but after that the battery life will be significantly shorter.</p>
<p>i’ve had mine for about half a year. isn’t that true for all laptops, though?</p>
<p>battery life is affected by how many programs you’re running too… when i’m plugged in, I’m usually running ~8 programs, which puts a bigger strain on the battery, so when I unplug I close some of them down.</p>
<p>I’ve had my iBook for a year now and I still love it (even though it is only 800MHz). The battery life is certainly acceptable - if you’re going to be using it for 5+ hours just shut down excess programs and turn the brightness down. My sister just got a 1.2G, and she says she loves it as well. Like thisyearsgirl said, it is pretty durable. Mine has a few scratches on the plastic, but they’re hardly noticeable and that’s bound to happen after a year. The 12" is def. light and small enough to carry around. I know people with the 14" and they are a little more cumbersome but still manageable. I would recommend the 12" though, if only because the extra money you pay for the 14" isn’t really worth it. Screen resolution is the same, and for the extra $$ you get 2 (diagonal) inches worth of screen space, but you also get at least a pound more weight to carry around.</p>
<p>i’ve had my ibook since last jan. its amazing, umm i use a ralph lauren polo bag as a case because it doesnt scream “Steal me!!” and its a durable bag… but once i bought my ibook i became addicted to other apple products lol… all and all ibooks arent to bad, i dont have a picture of my ibook with me its in my digital camera but once i take it out i’ll post it for you… but some livejournal communites like macsetups have some really nice pictures of ibooks and powerbooks etc.</p>