You mention that she wants a notebook but would she consider the new Mac Mini? She could buy two monitors (one for work and one for home if that is the need) and be 'up to date'? You can 'sleep' the mini and run it without a monitor attached, carry it around, etc... Just a thought... Richard -- On 1/3/06 05:19, "Jean-Paul Thuot" <fearsome.orange at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi List, > > A friend wants to buy a notebook. And > course the question is, should she get a G4 iBook now? She can not > afford to wait six months until the new Intel iBooks come out. --