my never ending love affair with an ibook clamshell continues, and will most likely continue until who-knows-when. yesterday, at the local mac users’ forum, i posted this message:

LF: clamshell, or 12″ powerbook or ibook

good working condition for word processing and internet browsing, charged battery lasts at least an hour. budget of around 10k but willing to pay a bit more. i live in the province so i may have to ask the seller to trouble him/herself with shipping (i will shoulder the costs, of course) in case i’m unable to meet up.

let me know if you have something that fits the bill! thanks!

understand, this was before i bought the one on ebay. (i hope i never have to tell you to read and learn from my experience.)

and now, there are good offers from other mac users – 3 as of this posting.

(1) clamshell g3 366mhz 6g hd 192mb mem with airport 10t

(2) clamshell tangerine 300mhz,6GB, 288mb,panther… 7.5k only….

(3) I have a rare indigo (blue) clamshell for sale at 10K. 366 mhz with firewire. 192MB memory, 10GB hard drive. OS 10.3.9 and ms office 2004 installed. You can buy a cheap USB wifi dongle to get wireless internet. I can buy that and install it for you and i’ll just add the cost of the usb to the total.

i like #2 and #3. no wait, i like all of them. i like #1 because it has wi-fi capabilities; #2 because it has 288 mb and #3 because the seller seems sincere. and you know what’s worse? if i had waited a bit before buying on ebay, i would have my clamshell in a shorter time because these guys live maybe 2 to 3 hours away. there’ll be less risks.

i can afford them a bit, i guess. i found a way when i was still jobless and i’m sure i’ll find a way now. jeez… this has gotta stop. but when?

i know, i just know, i will buy one of these babies. told yah i’ll collect macs. (but i also want to buy a mac mini; shelved for now.)

i gotta… whatever. i confuse myself, too.