> All in all, I think the combo drive is > worth the $100 or so extra that Apple charges for it. > > I purchased the 14 inch 933 MHz model, and upgraded to a 60 GB hard > drive. I like to have space, and have also experienced firsthand the > same situation you described with your 3 GB drive - hard drives seem > spacious at first, but tend to fill up faster than you expect! I don't > see the usefulness in paying for the 1 GHz processor model, though. > It's such a slight difference in speed compared to the 933 that I > couldn't justify it at all. Thanks, Mike. It seems that our minds are running up the same street. I just read the reviews in MacWorld for the G4 iBooks and your setup is the one that I have pretty much landed on. They concur with you about the upgrade to the 60 GB hard drive and that the cost of the 1 GHz processor isn't worth it. Now....where did you order yours from? May