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iBook G4 life expectancy
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<blockquote data-quote="De Piet" data-source="post: 1015981" data-attributes="member: 147179"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>some years ago (summer 2006) I bought an iBook G4 (14", 1.42 GHz, 512 Mb RAM, 60 Gb HD) with Apple Care Protection. Until some months ago, I never had any problems and was a very happy Mac fan.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, my logicboard and airport card crashed recently and I kept getting the "You need to restart your computer" kernel panic messages. According to the Mac store helpdesk here in the Netherlands I need to replace them in order to have a functional iBook again (which will cost me over 800 euros since my Apple Care expired by now).</p><p></p><p>On different fora I read posts from other people with similar problems and the helpdesk in my town confirmed that this is a known problem with iBook G4.</p><p></p><p>Could some of you tell me at what point this problem commonly occurs? My computer is only 3 1/2 years old and (esspecially for the price I paid for it) I would expect that the life expectancy should be at least 5 to 6 years.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your input !!</p><p></p><p>Piet</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="De Piet, post: 1015981, member: 147179"] Hi all, some years ago (summer 2006) I bought an iBook G4 (14", 1.42 GHz, 512 Mb RAM, 60 Gb HD) with Apple Care Protection. Until some months ago, I never had any problems and was a very happy Mac fan. Unfortunately, my logicboard and airport card crashed recently and I kept getting the "You need to restart your computer" kernel panic messages. According to the Mac store helpdesk here in the Netherlands I need to replace them in order to have a functional iBook again (which will cost me over 800 euros since my Apple Care expired by now). On different fora I read posts from other people with similar problems and the helpdesk in my town confirmed that this is a known problem with iBook G4. Could some of you tell me at what point this problem commonly occurs? My computer is only 3 1/2 years old and (esspecially for the price I paid for it) I would expect that the life expectancy should be at least 5 to 6 years. Thanks for your input !! Piet [/QUOTE]
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