iBook Clamshell

Hi, Im new to Mac and I just recently ordered a iBook Clamshell from eBay. ($199 w/ 576 RAM & 30 GB HD & Mac OS 10.3.5 Panther) Good deal or not?? Just wanting to know what you guys thought about the Clamshell iBook. Thanks for any info!

It's a great machine for what it is. I was using mine up to the point 6 months ago when I had a great need for a higher resolution screen for a particular application at work. It is perfectly adequate for email, word processing, internet access, etc. And I'm talking about an original 300MHz model.

As long as you don't expect it to be a smokin' graphics machine I think you will be satisified with it.

Yeah... Not that great of a beefy graphics chip but fast enough for Diablo 2 (Software mode, OpenGL fails).

iBookBlue said:

Yeah... Not that great of a beefy graphics chip but fast enough for Diablo 2 (Software mode, OpenGL fails).

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Hopefully you realized that you replied to an almost 10 year-old thread.

- Nick

LOL, that might have a been a good deal 10 years ago.... ;P

I'm thinking back in 2006 I was paying a lot less than $199 for clamshell iBooks. Something more in the neighborhood of $50.

But $199 very well may have been the going rate on eBay at the time.

- Nick

I remember when CompUSA here in Fort Worth was going out of business (2006) they had a massive sale on all of their Mac stuff including software. There must have been at least a dozen or so iBooks and Powerbooks of various configurations on display. Folks were grabbing them up like hot cakes. I almost bought one myself until I saw how much they wanted for them. If I remember correctly they were all priced at around $1200 or more.

I almost jumped into is thread till I realized it was nearly 10 years old.

pigoo3 said:

Hopefully you realized that you replied to an almost 10 year-old thread.

- Nick

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Holy Thread Necromancy, Batman!!!!

NICK!!! (iBook Clamshell)

pigoo3 said:

Hopefully you realized that you replied to an almost 10 year-old thread.

- Nick

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I do, but I have a iBook as well. *duun-wrrrr-bong)