My icebook was a totally awesome machine. Light and fast, I could take it anywhere. Sadly, the video port died, so the other night, I ripped the motherboard out, and put in another board (also 500mhz, 66mhz bus, and 64mb logicboard ram). It worked, but something was up with the video port, it would keep popping up and coming out. I thought I could deal with it, put it all together, and used it for 30 minutes. the video kept flickering off, and gently shaking it brought it back for a few minutes, and it did it again. Eventually I got frustrated with this setup, turned it off, opened it up, and dug out my airport card, RAM, and HDD, and put them all back in my pismo. The icebook is now sitting in a pile for recycling, battery and all. I literally ripped the upper shield off to get to the HD (did not want to remove the dozen screws), and I broke part of the magnesium frame. I also did not want to deal with the 66mhz bus, which is too slow for me. 100mhz or more. It really does make a difference.

Right now I have my sights set on a 1.33ghz 12" iBook G4. Hope I get it, because this pismo is on it's very last legs. (no I don't want an aluminum 12" because Have heard they are very flimsy and they don't hold as much RAM.)

-digital