Re:iBook Clamshells are quite durable as well. (Score 1)

Um -- but there is nothing holding them closed, which is largely the point, especially coupled with the fact that I have been told (by Apple support) that the most common reported failure in the iBook is the keyboard (because it is removable? they didn't go into details).

I would agree with you if they:

• included a latch
• had a useful place to attach a shoulder or other strap
  

I think that a lot of the laptop manufacturers (the VAIO comes strongly to mind here) have gone far in the direction of "cool lookin' toy", and have lost a lot of the utility of a portable in doing so . . .