I've just bought an ibook g3 500 dual usb version.
http://secretmayarecipe.blogspot.com/2006/...ple-desire.html

well... it took me a week to find the required dvds to install panther and tiger in it. at 1st i'm quite satisfy with panther. But i've heard that tiger can actually runs smoother than panther. thus i took the chance and installed tiger in it.
honestly, it's isn't really that snappy. and yes widgets don't run that smooth compare to current hardware.
but i find that it's quite useful for my "leisure" (messanger, surfing, itunes, microsoft word, blogging) machine when i use it while watching tv or playing video games.
I still got my Ferrari 4000 beside when when i want to do some serious work.
Spot light is quite useful as well because i feel that the search function respond very quickly. I think it even smoke my ferrari 4000 running search in xp.
Anyway, to my surprise. the ibook actually has got a pair of very nice speakers. It's even perform much better than any pc laptops that I've ever used.
I've tried osx86 in my ferrari 4000. and end up with everything working except sound for now. Since i'm very comfortable with mac now. I guess i'm ready for a switch now.
I'll get my mac book pro by next month.

well...
shift + command + 4 and drag a selection on desktop can make screenshots in portion. instead of the whole screen.
i find this to be very useful for print production or designer.
no wonder alot of designer likes it so much.
I've a friend working in padini. they only got pc for their design dept. so everytime when they want to copy source material from website, they always have problem with print screen. but in mac, they can have option to print whole screen or portion with short cut key. and the file output is instance, no need to launch a 3rd party software at all.

I'm going to buy a new macbook pro to accompany my exisitng pc laptop for most of the work.
plus, there's a possibility to install window xp to dual boot with osx in macbook pro and imac with intel processors now.
check it here.
http://download.onmac.net/

Well... of course, booting osx in pc is also possible. but the hardware is a little choosy. so some of the devices is not working.
for my case, my ferrari 4000 got everything working including air port but the sound isn't working.
I love this os so much and i've decided to buy macbook pro because of this. so don't blame me for trying out osx86. truth is, it does encourage me to do the purchase.
and of course, the cheap ibook 500 is also a good opportunity for me to understand that a 3 years old mac product can still be in such good shape. Kudos to apple computers.

Cheers.
(hope the info helps.)