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I got the new iBook SE about a week ago. I finally gave in and exchanged my tangerine beauty for a slick new graphite special edition, two shirts, and a pair of pants (connections at a leading department store are worth the odor they emit sometimes.) All in all it's not anything that special, but it does have some features I like. Previously, I had thought people were checking my iBook out, as it screamed I'M TANGERINE - YOU CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE ME, LOOK OVER HERE, PEOPLE!!! It was nice for my self confidence while working in coffee shops, but then you have to wonder if the 90 year old man with the unibrow is checking out you or your iBook. Now people don't look at the 'Book so much, as it's a bit more subtle. It turns out I'm not that "check out-able" in the end. Nobody is more shocked than you, I know. The DVD is nice too - it'll make my trip home all the more fun even though the person behind me will in all likelihood not only smell, but kick my seat for no reason. The picture is just as clear as any other I've seen, and with the exception of a single time, there isn't any sound sync trouble anymore. The drive does take a bit longer to spin up, and is too damn noisy. Like seriously, if you don't push the door down so it doesn't vibrate against the 'book itself, you're asking for a beating more than death with a seat that's not in the upright position during a crash landing.
Yeah, it's got a few other fun things too. FireWire is standard - Whooptie doo, like I have a use for that until VST and the rest of these places get around to sending us FireWire stuff to review - hint, hint HINT HINT HIIIINNNNNTTTTT!!!!! . The outside plastics aren't textured and look wet, while those under the lid are textured similarly to previous iBook models. Finally, the trackpad isn't silver, but a translucent white.
All in all I'm rather pleased with it. As yet I've found no noticeable speed increase at all from the Tangerine iBook 266MHz to the Graphite iBook SE 466MHz
except for in OS X where it is a bit faster, but nothing that special. I suppose it's sad really, but now that I have DVD, a bigger hard drive, and pants, I suppose I can't complain.
iBook SE
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So I was supposed to do an update on Tuesday. So I didn't. Sorry, Kevin. I'm
a damn busy guy. I am trying to make some extra money for the holidays (Big
Pimpin' of San Diego, Inc. - the only authorized Theresa Willis dealer in
the state), work on Wienis, battle a horrible cold, 
Furthermore, the iBook enhances presentations a bit. While I must admit I
prefer to give presentations involving slides projected on a pair of tighty
whities or Theresa's inner thigh, the new port and it's slick cable do work if
you're into that projection thing. The interesting bit is that while
regular mirroring is less than even good, DVD playback is nearly perfect as
the iBook doesn't render the picture for it's screen at all, just for the
port. It's quite slick. Just what the hell new port am I talking about? Only the 2000 iBooks' best kept secret: The AV port. Disguised as a simple headphone jack, this not only works as a headphone jack, it breaks out into Composite AV with the included cable shown here.
