Apple delivered a small but important (and overdue) refresh to its iBook line of budget notebooks, doubling the amount of standard RAM to 512MB, offering slightly faster processors, and doing away with the previously most expensive configuration. With the updated specs, the new iBooks are priced at $999 and $1,299 and offer an even more attractive alternative to Apple's higher-end and considerably more expensive PowerBook line.
Read more about the new 12-inch iBook and 14-inch iBook.