Good Condition – Lots of Features!

It’s time for me to upgrade, so I’m finally ready to part with this beautiful and extremely handy G4 Mac iBook.
I love that it has wi-fi and can access information from anywhere – university, cafes, airports…
the battery lasts 3 hours and it’s light enough to pack along everywhere you go!
Aside from normal wear including minor scratches on the body it is in great shape.
There are no scratches on the screen and
no problems with any port connections.

• Word Perfect Programs
• Garage Band
• Dashboard
• iCal
• iChat
• iDVD
• iMovie HD
• iPhoto
• iTunes
• DVD Player
• Safari
• QuickTime Player
  

• Adobe Photoshop CS
  
• Microsoft Office X (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)

I also have the 2 Install discs, the Additional Software & Hardware disc, the AirPort Extreme disc & manual, the 3 prong cord, and both original adapters.

Running OS X 10.4.9 Tiger

• 1.2GHz PowerPC G4 Processor
• 12.1″ ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 LCD Screen (1024-by-768-pixels)
• 512MB RAM — 30 GB Hard Drive
• Integrated 56k Modem
• Integrated Ethernet Port
• Built-in Bluetooth
• Internal Slot-load CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive (writes CDs & plays DVDs)
• Includes Wireless Airport Extreme Card
• Audio out port
• Integrated Speakers
• 2 USB ports
• Firewire 400
• Built in microphone
• Power Adapter & Lithium-ion Battery
• US Keyboard & plugs
• Dimensions: Height 1.3 in, Width: 11.2 in, Depth: 9.1 in,
• Weight: 4.9 lb

I first started really thinking about this issue during a visit to the British Museum. I was handed a leaflet upon entering the area displaying the Parthenon Marbles (yes, the Parthenon from ancient Greece) – the pamphlet was essentially the museum’s justification for its decision not to return the artifacts to the Greek government.

Today I was reading this BBC article about the Egyptian Nefertiti bust that sits in Berlin and whose ownership is claimed by the German government. It reminded me of the ongoing battles between citizens, governments and museums.

It’s a tough call really – at the time the artifacts were ‘discovered’ by Europeans they were either the imperial rulers or friendly enough with them to allow excavations to occur. What would you think if you had to travel to Paris to see the Liberty Bell, the US Constitution, or some other national artifact? If it were part of a collection that traveled all over the world it’d be no big deal right – but if it were permanently owned and displayed by another government… well, that might just frustrate you.

Granted, it was foreigners who spent the energy and money to travel and excavate the abandoned (and usually heavily destroyed) ruins. The Greek government wants to reunite the pieces (those in London & those at the Acropolis museum in Athens) and restore the 2,500 year old monument… but, legally the British Museum doesn’t have to turn the pieces over since they were obtained by permission of the Ottomans when they ruled Greece at the turn of the 19th century and have been on display in London since 1816.

Although the law is not in favor of the countries of origin the Greeks have said that it is their moral right to be able to preserve and visit their history in their own country. The Egyptians haven’t even bothered to make such dramatic claims – instead, they simply have asked that certain pieces (such as the Nefertiti bust) be temporarily loaned to the Egyptians… although it’s highly unlikely that will ever occur.