07-13-2008, 06:30 AM

Hi all
My G4 ibook is 4 years old and in that time I've had to replace the logic board (about 2.5 years ago) but otherwise it's been very well behaved. I am, however, anticipating the end simply because of its age...

Now, I usually switch it off about once every 3 weeks, but in a bid to curb my excessive web-surfing I've pledged to switch it off whenever I finish using it. Is this a good idea?
I booted this morning and got the panics when it seemed to take a long time to get to the blue/loading bar screen and for some reason I thought that if my ibook is ever gonna die it'll probably be in the process of booting.

I don't know where that logic comes from, but I'm not very computer-literate (in fact, I'm practically medieval).

Many thanks

07-13-2008, 07:23 AM

Its the anticipation! My Mac pro seems to take for ever to get even the Apple logo up on the screen.

07-13-2008, 10:26 AM

What are the specifications on this iBook? It's highly doubtful it'll die soon. If you let it sit for a while and start it up, yeah it'll take a while to load. My eMac does that sometimes.

07-13-2008, 11:41 AM

I always switch off my macbook, because my macbook uses 30W on normal usage (Full battery) and 15W on sleep(Full battery) I find 15W much for sleep mode

07-13-2008, 01:43 PM

Originally Posted by Hit

I always switch off my macbook, because my macbook uses 30W on normal usage (Full battery) and 15W on sleep(Full battery) I find 15W much for sleep mode

That's a Macbook. iBooks are completely different than a Macbook.

07-13-2008, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by xj6jaguar1985

That's a Macbook. iBooks are completely different than a Macbook.

Well I expect the power usage on an iBook would be ever worse(Mostly older machines use more power)