You raise a pretty valid point, the lid of my Pismo has scratches all over it but I dont care. I've two more Pismo's in the attic boxed up, both work and both looked like new. I bought them for parts, because I know eventually the hinges will go on my PB or the DC power board or the DVD drive, the list goes on. My main laptop is a 17.5" HP Pavilion DV7, it has this nice metallic swirl paint job all over the case. I bought this off my father after he bought it for playing WoW and decided after 5-6 months that he preferred using his desktop system.

It is a great laptop and more then powerful for my needs, except it is huge! 17.5" is a great display, but that laptop never leaves the house. Its heavy, large and I'm terrified I'll drop and dint it or find some way of messing up the case.

So I use the Pismo, its 13 years old, probably less CPU power then my Phone, but I can tuck it in my bag along with the charger and not worry if I find a scratch on the lid when i take it out to use it.

I've decided to hold off on the 15" Powerbook, might leave it until after Christmas. For now, I might look in to ways of improving the Pismo. Buying a new battery being one of them.