Should i wait to buy a macbook or buy a 12" ibook g4?

im thinking about buying a new laptop and i have decided to make the swich to mac. ive been a pc user all my life. but im not sure if i should buy an ibook now or wait until the macbook comes out. what r ur thoughts about it?
hp a1223w   Windows XP  

Minor correction on last post, Bootcamp, to run Windows XP, is slated for the next release of OS X called Leopard, not 10.4.5 which is already released.
Since you asked for opinions....I'd tend to buy current technology (and I did with the last of the G4 mac minis). While the new Intel-based macbook will have super specs, it will be first generation on a new platform. While Apple is doing almost realtime revisions to their current Intel-based products, the fact is there are some growing pains (read through any of the Intel-based product discussions). I prefer the growing pains be with someone elses money.
If you buy a current iBook, it's a mature platform, and it will continue to be able to run existing software, as well as any universal software. You don't have to consider running non-universal programs under the emulator (Rosetta is a great tool, but there's a performance hit of up to 50% under emulation mode).
Use the iBook for awhile, and by then Apple will be on the nth generation of the Intel-based macbooks. In any event, you'll be thrilled with the switch to mac.

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