I think Quadraman is making the point that, even if cost were equal or better, a 1400 with a G3 is not going to be competitive with a real G3 laptop. Certainly on paper my 1400 is faster than my 300MHz iBook, but as far as "teh snappie" the iBook leaves the 1400 in the dust because it has a faster bus and better video, neither of which the 1400 can better. This isn't to say that the 1400 might not do better on a CPU benchmark, but the 1400 will certainly *seem* slower, and the memory ceiling really hurts.

That being said, I agree with you wholeheartedly that the G3 is night and day in the 1400. I could never go back to the 603 -- this machine started out as a rock-bottom 117MHz, for crying out loud! Augh!