[wat10000]

The iBook also started at over $3,000 adjusted for inflation ($1,599 in 1999).

[kube-system]

That was a pretty average price for "value" laptops at the time, much like the pricing of the Neo today.

[PaulHoule]

At least the iBook would come out of sleep when you opened the lid, I don't think Windows laptops could manage that until 2007.

You still have to turn off USB power management on a windows machine to avoid serious problems just as you have to turn off Bluetooth power management if you don't want to be connecting and reconnecting your headphones several times a day.