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I'd say a welcome addition would be a nice portable mouse. I just picked up a Kensington PocketMouse Pro with retractable USB cord. I'm enjoying using the MacOS X (I'm a new PC convert) much more with an actual mouse rather than the trackpad.

That's the only extra I've purchased so far. I'll have to keep an eye on this thread myself. Good post!

I don't even own an iBook (or any Apple laptop for that matter. But I desire one greatly! Really, I do!)

But I gotta say, I thought the Kensington notebook light was pretty cool when I saw it.

And definitely get a really nice backpack or other sort of carrying case for it. The iBook must travel in style

I've got a cheapoid USB light. It's not Kensington, but it's great (clips to the top of the screen and points down).

A USB hub -- a definite necessity, as I've got a printer, scanner, mouse, cardreader for my digital camera, a Visor ... well, you get the idea. If you do get a hub, try to get a powered one (reportedly the unpowered ones tend to cause crashes, but I don't know if it's true). The powered ones can be used unpowered, if you want to.

A nice set of speakers and/or headphones -- rock out with iTunes!

A DV Camcorder!

A digital camera!

AirPort -- I don't have it, but I've always wanted to get it. You can also get a non-Apple base station for much less (but make sure it's compatible).

A FireWire hard drive -- good for cramming with your iTunes, iPhoto and iMovie files. The slim ones are bus powered, so you don't need a separate power supply (though they'll suck up your battery power more quickly).

And a groovy carrying case. I have a "professional" style computer case for when I want to look like a grownup, and a lighter, slimmer one for just bummin' around. I think most any case will do, as long as you're careful and don't let the iBook slide around at all. They are pretty durned tough, I've discovered.

So them's all my accessories. Suffice to say when it's on my desk it's plugged into have the city, like some sort of Frankenstein monster. But untethered, it's a thing of beauty.

Most of my extras are here on my desk all the time and serve to turn my iBook into quite powerful workstation when not on the road.
I have:

- Logitech 2.1 speaker system. Good speakers are a must have. Those on iBook are only good for system beeps and nothing more.

- Some nice headphones. iBooks speakers realy suck so you need headphones to listen to mp3s on the road. Besides, i watch movies in bed, and i dont want to wake everyone else in the house.

- 80gb firewire hdd. For mp3/movies storage and backups. And good for games. I have almost all games installed on that disk. I dont play them on the road much and with 7200rpm it is much faster than iBooks hdd.

- Wireless mouse. I have logitech wireless with ball. Its ok, but it has reciver on the cable and its not so practical. Ive seen mice that have very small reciver and you plug the reciver into usb.

- 17" crt monitor. If you are going to use iBook for some webdesign or stuff like that external monitor is great. You can enable spanning and you get 2 desktops.

Fow now i still have cable network, but i see that airport must be sooooo sweet. That would probably be my next purchase.

airport card and basestation

from www.versiontracker.com:

BBedit. OR BBedit light (this second is free). that does everything and much more than notepad does for windows.. 

that's the number 1 !!! then i could do a list of otehr kewl things.. but maybe better just surf there around and look something you like!!! i'd choose also chimera .. and imageindexer (a really small app that makes pix of the size you want for folders etc, saves a lot of work..)

What are all of you guys using the laptop light for?

I have:

- a couple of blank CDs
- a nice black leather bag for dress, black canvas for utility and more storage space
- headphones
- AirPort card for email-checking and such from my campus' main buildings and local coffee shops

I want:

- FireWire external hdd
- AirPort base
- another battery / adapters for planes and cars

-----At the Desk:
Apple Pro Keyboard - All White
Microsoft Wirless "Blue" Optical Mouse
Road Tools CoolPad

-----On the road & Misc:
USB light
Power Inverter
Brenthaven Mobility 1 Case
Jensen - Behind the head headphones

-----Software
Toast Titanium for OS X
Medal of Honor
Jedi Knight 2 - Jedi Outcast

I think that pretty much covers it.  Let us know what you can't live without.

lots of ram
usb light
airport card

anything else my laptop  become a desktop

software
Office
Limewire

What are all of you guys using the laptop light for?


I want:

- FireWire external hdd

If you want to type in a dark situation, like on planes, or in bed while your significant other is sawing logs beside you, a USB light comes in really handy. If it's dark and you look from the screen to the keyboard, you won't be able to see the keys too well; the light fixes that.

And FireWire drives are fantastic. However, you have to be sure to back 'em up, because when mine died a few months ago I lost thousands of mp3s and some of my work. Still, it's definitely worthwhile if you have a lot of music, do a lot of video, or just have a too-small hard drive (hello? a measly 10 gigs on my iBook?).

7. A comfortable chair or sofa for those endurance web surfing sessions

Try it in a papasan, those dish-like chairs you find at Pier 1 - they're really comfortable, and perhaps for using your laptop.

What's the USB remote for? Playing music or something?

And is your post count for real?