I still use my G4 iBook (1.42Ghz, 1.5Gb RAM, 250Gb hdd) for day to day usage, email, documents. It can struggle with flash (as others have noted here), but it just about copes with my needs, with a few occurances of twiddling my thumbs (it runs Leopard), but as I can't afford to replace it at present, it has to suffice, and considering its age I'm pretty pleased with it.
It is pretty much desk bound now though as it has a chassis problem meaning the battery won't stay in properly. But otherwise works fine. I also have a Quicksilver 2001 (dual 800mhz, 1.5Gb ram) that runs Tiger, keep thinking about shoving Leopard on it, but don't know if it would be worth the effort. I use it less and less since setting up a Core2Duo PC with Ubuntu, which until it suffered a faulty motherboard was my every day machine for everything, including games, but that will be fixed soon. I complement the iBook with a little Aspire One, so I think thats why I can live with the shortcomings the iBook is now presenting. I've also got an old G3 iBook with duff video I was given, I might get around to trying to find a use for this sometime too. Eventually I aim to get a MacBook or MacBook Pro, but funds just don't allow for it at present, but I don't think I'd have a problem with Intel graphics on one as my usage wouldn't really be intensive enough to test it in that regard, but i could be wrong. Kelly -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
