Surf the Web, chat with friends, do homework, play games, even burn DVDs and CDs to create your own video or musical masterpiece. In your favourite café. At 2 a.m. With built-in wireless capability and 512MB of memory standard, the iBook G4 delivers today's digital lifestyle to your backpack, starting at US$999.

Your Digital Life, To Go

With a fast PowerPC G4 processor running at accelerated speeds up to 1.42GHz, built-in wireless capability, an available DVD-burning SuperDrive and up to 1.5GB of memory, the iBook G4 introduces impressive performance and flexible mobility to everyday work and play. The iBook G4 even comes complete with the entire suite of Apple's iLife '05 applications, so you can edit movies, record your own songs and more - right out of the box. iBook G4 is your go-anywhere digital solution.

Lap Cat

Every iBook comes with Mac OS X Tiger , the latest release of the world's most advanced operating system. Tiger boasts more than 200 new features, including Spotlight, the lightning-fast search tool that lets you find anything on your system as fast as you type, and Dashboard, the home to handy widgets that access timely information such as petrol prices or movie listings (1) . Tiger turns your iBook into a finely tuned instrument that lets you focus on the tasks at hand, whether you're syncing tunes to your iPod, creating a family photo album with iPhoto or playing the latest 3D games.

You Can Take It with You

Built-in wireless capability on every iBook G4 means you can work or play anywhere. With AirPort Extreme technology standard, the iBook can surf the Web in any Wi-Fi hot spot, from hotels to bookshops. With an AirPort Extreme or AirPort Express Base Station in your room or office, you can get online from the comfort of your couch. And the included Bluetooth 2.0+EDR module lets you connect wirelessly to a wide range of peripheral devices, from mobile phones to wireless keyboards. The iBook also offers an incredible six hours of battery life, so it keeps going as long as you do.

As the lightest all-in-one consumer notebook on the market, the 12.1-inch iBook G4 weighs in at a mere 2.2 kg. The 14.1-inch model weighs just 2.7 kg. Many textbooks weigh more than either one. The iBook G4 is thin, too - a svelte 3.42 cm, to be exact - making this impressive notebook small enough to fit in a backpack and light enough to carry around all day.

Take a Scroll

Scrolling through web pages or large documents on a trackpad can challenge even the most nimble fingers. That's why every iBook G4 features a new trackpad with scrolling capability. Just drag two fingers over the trackpad to scroll vertically and horizontally or pan around any active window. Change this feature to suit your needs: Customise your trackpad settings or turn off scrolling completely via System Preferences.

Fall for iBook

Now every iBook G4 is equipped with Apple's Sudden Motion Sensor to help protect your most valuable asset: your data. The Sudden Motion Sensor senses change in axis position and accelerated movement. In the event of a drop or fall, the Sudden Motion Sensor instantly parks the hard drive heads so they won't scratch the disks on impact, lessening the risk of damage and improving your chances of retrieving valuable data. When the Sudden Motion Sensor senses your iBook G4 is once again level, it unlocks the hard drive heads automatically.

Rave-Worthy Performance

You can order your iBook with either a 1.33GHz or a 1.42GHz PowerPC G4 processor with Velocity Engine and 512K Level 2 Cache. To maximize its speed, Apple engineers pair the G4 processor with a fast 133MHz or 142MHz system bus and 512MB of onboard memory to accelerate calculations and make your applications scream. And you'll be glad to hear that you can boost memory capacity to a remarkable 1.5GB of memory, giving you room to run many applications at once.

All systems come well equipped. Roomy hard drives offer up to 100GB capacity. With iBook's slot-loading Combo Drives you can watch DVDs, play music CDs and burn your own data CDs and music CDs. And if you'd also like to burn DVDs on the road, the 14-inch iBook G4 comes equipped with Apple's impressive SuperDrive.

An Impressive Display

Both iBook models offer brilliant 1024 by 768 pixel resolution - ideal for doing everything from working on spreadsheets to displaying your movies and digital pictures in millions of colours. What's more, the iBook display scales down beautifully, again with millions of colours, for special games and applications optimised for 800 by 600 or 640 by 480 pixel resolutions. And both come powered by an ATI Radeon 9550 graphics processor with 32MB of dedicated video memory and AGP 4x support for dazzling 3D graphics that bring games to life.

1. Petrol price and movie listings widgets are not included with Mac OS X Tiger, but are available from third parties via free download .
2. Compatible ISP and telephone services required. Your ISP may not support all v.92 features. Modem will function according to v.90 standards if v.92 services are not available. Actual modem speeds lower; speed depends on connection rate and other factors.
3. Requires Apple Video Adapter, sold separately.

Live wirelessly just by popping open your iBook G4. From your living room to the cafe on the corner to a bookshop in another city, you can turn just about any place into your office, studio or schoolroom.

Catch Some Air

You can do it with AirPort Extreme , technology from Apple that lets you enjoy the Web without wires, additional phone lines or complicated networking hardware (1) getting in the way. With your iBook and an AirPort Express or AirPort Extreme Base Station, you can get online wirelessly from, say, the comfort of your couch - or anywhere within 150 feet of the Base Station. Every iBook G4 comes wireless-ready, with AirPort Extreme technology built right in. You'll never run out of cool things to do with it - and you won't run out of cool locations to do them in, either.

Free the Music

AirPort Express with AirTunes lets you listen to your iTunes music library through your home stereo or powered speakers. Just plug your stereo or speakers into the audio port on the AirPort Express Base Station with an audio cable and use your iBook to play music from any room. Or bring your AirPort Express and iBook to a party and play DJ on a friend's stereo. You'll find that an iBook and AirTunes are the ultimate ice breakers.

Easy Setup

Setting up AirPort is virtually effortless. The AirPort Setup Assistant does most of the work for you, setting up your network, transferring the active Internet settings from your computer to the AirPort Base Station and configuring your computer to access the AirPort network created by the base station. Once you've plugged in the base station and the middle status light glows white, launch the software and just follow the instructions on the screen.

Works Through Walls

AirPort technology uses radio signals to communicate through solid objects, unlike infrared signals that require an unobstructed line of sight. So you can cruise the Internet even when there's something blocking your view of the Base Station. In other words, you can surf the Internet through walls.

Share a Connection

AirPort really pays off when you have just one Internet account and everyone wants to get online at the same time. Several users can all share a single Internet connection and surf different websites or use email simultaneously. And at school, students can take their wirelessly networked iBooks into different classrooms or onto different floors of a building - up to 45 metres away from an AirPort Express or AirPort Extreme Base Station - and still maintain their connection.

Signal Strength

When AirPort Extreme is in use, a system menu monitors the signal strength to let you know if your iBook is within range of a connection. You can use this menu to quickly change networks.

AirPort Security

Rest easy: The AirPort Extreme and AirPort Express Base Stations take strong measures to prevent unauthorised intrusion into your wireless network. Both feature built-in firewalls to protect you from Internet gate crashers. They also offer password protection and support powerful encryption technologies including Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and 128-bit WEP encryption.

Network Autosensing

Mac OS X has a network autosensing feature that detects the fastest network available to you - a school or office LAN, AirPort or modem - and automatically configures it for network activity. So you won't need to switch settings to use AirPort.

Wi-Fi Certified

802.11g AirPort Extreme is a powerhouse in the performance department, with the new 802.11g technology delivering a wireless data rate of up to 54 megabits per second (Mbps). The fastest broadband connections typically achieve speeds up to 1.5Mbps. AirPort Extreme, on the other hand, lets you share files with others on your network at speeds of up to 54Mbps - over 35 times faster. And because AirPort Extreme is Wi-Fi certified for 802.11b and 802.11g interoperability (including PCs), you can use your AirPort Extreme-enabled iBook G4 at thousands of wirelessly enabled locations.

Networking on the Go

You can use AirPort Extreme to get online wirelessly at hundreds of places around the world. Staying overnight at a hotel? Forget trying to get online using phone cords with damaged jacks, and log on painlessly and wirelessly, using your iBook G4.

Hundreds of hotels around the world have made Wi-Fi compliant 802.11b wireless local area networks (WLANs) available in their guest rooms. And because AirPort Extreme is 802.11b compatible, you can use your iBook G4 to surf the Internet in any of them. And with companies like the Surf and Sip Network creating many more wireless locations, you can log on to the Internet from practically anywhere.

Built-in Bluetooth

Bluetooth technology is built into every new iBook G4 model. Bluetooth connects wirelessly to digital devices such as Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones, handhelds and peripherals. What's more, you can even choose to enjoy a cable-free desktop with Apple's Bluetooth-enabled wireless keyboard and mouse. Operating within a short range, it enables wireless data transfers between a rapidly growing list of Bluetooth-savvy peripherals. Using iSync and Bluetooth, for instance, you can synchronise personal information between your iBook, your mobile phone and your Palm OS-based handheld.

Get a .Mac Membership

With .Mac - Apple's suite of Internet essentials - you can access your files anywhere, create a website to share pictures with friends and family, publish your iCal calendars and backup your iBook G4. And with AirPort, you can do it all wirelessly.

Curriculum Mobile Labs

Turn any classroom into a computer lab with the portable, wireless Curriculum Mobile Lab . With this innovative solution, more students can experience the benefits of technology-based learning. In addition, schools can save on technology costs and regain valuable school space by converting dedicated computer labs back into classrooms. Curriculum Mobile Labs provide an exceptional value by combining the best curriculum software, AirPort Extreme-enabled Apple computers, Apple Professional Development courses and a variety of accessories.

1. Wireless Internet access requires a wireless-enabled computer, a Base Station or other access point and Internet access (fees may apply). Some ISPs are not currently compatible with AirPort.
2. Range may vary with site conditions.