Dammit. Apple just announced a new iBook G4. sigh. My iBook (white G3, 500 Mhz, ordered the day that Apple made the iBooks look good) is aging, needs a new battery, and has backlight problems. It's basically become a home machine since there's so little battery life left and the lid/screen basically has to stay open all the time, but it hasn't been a bad thing. But I really want a portable machine again as I ramp up my school schedule, and I estimate that it will take at least $500 just to get my current iBook going. I've been looking at getting an eMac to effectively replace my iBook and iMac (which will be three and four years old, respectively, come spring). But I think I may have to get one of these new iBooks instead, and keep the iMac doing what it's been doing so well.