I visited an authorized Apple reseller yesterday and saw a mini-Book for the first time. It looked fabulous, the aluminum finish was nice, but the little iBook on display still has a spell on me. I'm still in love with my 600 mhz iBook! The shiny white plastic finish still looks tougher, cooler more practical. However, if the Mini-Book was $300 cheaper, I would seriously consider getting one! I think the iBook is a great bargain: $1,299.00 800MHz PowerPC G3 512K L2 cache @800MHz 128MB SDRAM memory 30GB Ultra ATA drive ATI Radeon 7500 32MB dedicated video memory Combo Drive Built-in 56K v.92 modem AirPort ready Up to 5 hr. battery life