<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">My one-year old 12" G4 PB doesn't look that great. I have little "dents": one next to my trackpad and one on the outside of the top cover. And somehow I have a splotch in the center of my screen. It looks like a greasy fingerprint, but I can't seem to clean it off. I have small children who tend to want to touch my screen, so...<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>But, yes, the PB is a higher end computer and it hold up better, especially the hinge.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Jim</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On 16-Aug-05, at 3:38 PM, Peter Payne wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; ">The new iBook is an amazing value, and the two-fingered track pad really rules -- I use it all the time in my new 12 inch Powerbook. A major downside to the iBook is that they get dirty, after a year you'll have a very un-new looking computer. I prefer the style of the 12 inch Powerbook instead. <DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Jun 19, 2005, at 2:19 AM, Winston MacKelvie wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 221); "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 16.0px Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 221); font-size: 16px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 221); font-size: 16px; ">My 12" G4 PB is excellent except for the low contrast letters printed on the keys of the keyboard. I preferred the iBook 'black on white'.</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>