Whats better for a 13 year old.... iBook or MacBookPro?

I AM deffinetly planning on getting a laptop over the summer. I really wanted to get a Mac, due to good experiences with them in the past. Although.... I am 13. Do you think it would make a difference, if I got the iBook, rather than the Pro? I mean, what are some major drawbacks that the Pro has, that the iBook doesnt. And, will they really counterflick with a 13 year old? Thanks.

I'm not sure your age matters much, although if you carry it around to school, you may be more likely to bang it up than in less demanding uses.
I've had both. For what you describe, the iBook is plenty.
Unfortunately this is a bad time for Mac laptops. The iBook is about to be replaced, but MacBook Pro has a few problem, and is probably more expensive than you need anyway. I'm certainly hoping that by Sept the Macbook Pro's problems are fixed. It's anyone's guess how the first Macbook (i.e. Intel replacement for the iBook) will be. You might want to avoid being one of the first purchasers. A Powerpc iBook is the safest, but might be a bad investment.
Yuck. I don't know.
The main Macbook Pro issues seem to be heat, noise, and wireless. In my opinion none of these is fatal:
* heat; I don't think it is hotter than other computers of similar power, unless you have a defective one. I use it on my lap, as I did my old iBook.
* noise: unless you have a defective unit, the problem is a faint hissing sound when running on batteries; if it bothers you, quietMBP will prevent it, at the cost of a small decrease in battery time. I'm guessing that this will be fixed in software. There's also an odd noise sometimes described as "mooing", presumably from the disk drive or fan. It's not very loud, but could annoy some people.
* wireless. There have been lots of problems reported causing wireless disconnects. I had it, but seem to have fixed it by configuration changes. The problem isn't uniform, and even the people who have it often manage to fix it, so I'm not sure how serious this is.

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