The expense of the black model is absolutely retarded. 150 bucks for black? No thanks. now if it was a carbon fibre case that would justify the extra cost.
 

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I replaced hard drives in a 2002 iBook and a 2003 12" Powerbook. It went OK, but there were parts that could have been broken by making simple errors.

I'm glad to see them making it easier to upgrade.
 

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I've replaced many a hard drive on both iBooks and Powerbooks, the aluminum Powerbook hard drive is about 10x easier to replace than the iBook. The old iBook you had to pry apart the bottom and top case, unscrew about 30 different screws, take off the keyboard, airport card, and a few other steps just to get to the hard drive. I agree that this is a flaw that they had to fix. I actually don't mind replacing a HD in a powerbook or macbook pro for that matter as they're pretty much the same process.
 

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Just wanted to say..
your page was PERFECT..
exactly what i was looking for find! thank u for your research and hard work!
i hope i can bring my ibook back to life again too ^_^
 

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