On 3/1/06, Tom Legare <Tom.Legare at comcast.net> wrote: > Is she sure she wants a laptop? A 20" Intel iMac costs $1700 before any > upgrades. Bringing it up to 1GB of memory equals a cost of $1800 plus tax > and free shipping. That would be a pretty sweet machine. > > The other options are a 14" iBook (not bad) or a 12" Powerbook (screen may > be small for a newbie that isn't a road warrior). She definitely needs to be mobile, so iBook/Pbook/Notebook is the way for her. My current thoughts are that a beefed up iBook is better than an off-the-shelf PBook, Intel be damned. Thanks again, Jean-Paul