My choice: Stick with the iBook. All you'll be doing is Web browsing and e-mail anyway, and it's okay for that.

ternus

Eh, I'd wait a little longer before upgrading. You'll be able to get a better deal if you wait until you *have* to upgrade.

lakmiseiru

The iBook should be fine; it seems silly to upgrade it just so you can have 12 things open at once when you won't even be using it for work.

jtu

Is your work going to give you a laptop?

photon

Unless Apple is going to release newer MacBooks soon, I'd hold on to your old one and make sure it's backed up et al.

kyrandil

Hey, I only had *my* laptop for a summer and it was plenty.

Mark

compromise and stuff more memory in the iBook?

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