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<blockquote data-quote="lonerider" data-source="post: 84890" data-attributes="member: 9655"><p>Hey,</p><p></p><p> I bought a G3/900 ibook a bit over a year ago, when I started thinking about switching. Something you should be aware of with iBooks, they have a problem with both the logic board and an inverter cable that is weak where it goes through the hinges. Basically, if you go out of warranty and one of these goes out, you'll either have to risk getting into your book and repairing the cable ($20 cable - EXTREMELY hard & dangerous to get into the ibook to repair this), or possibly needing a new logic board (~$500). </p><p></p><p> This is not just me, these 2 problems are VERY well known. From what I can tell the problems are not as severe on G4 iBooks, but they do still exist. It may just not be as bad yet because the G4 iBooks are relatively new. </p><p></p><p> For me, it simply wasnt worth it when my logic board failed. For some 15 years I've had a laptop of one kind or another, and this is the 1st one I've had fail disasterously in that time (had CDs and floppies go bad, but nothing major before). I expected better from Apple, gives me a bit of a bitter taste for iBooks. Until they re-engineer the iBooks, I won't be buying another one (trying to decide on a replacement now). I'd have to rec the Mac Mini instead. Or, better yet, check out smalldog.com and see what they have in the way of iMac G4s if you might need a monitor. Their prices are quite good, they have a 1yr warranty on refurbished systems and a good reputation in the Mac community.</p><p></p><p>-Lonerider</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lonerider, post: 84890, member: 9655"] Hey, I bought a G3/900 ibook a bit over a year ago, when I started thinking about switching. Something you should be aware of with iBooks, they have a problem with both the logic board and an inverter cable that is weak where it goes through the hinges. Basically, if you go out of warranty and one of these goes out, you'll either have to risk getting into your book and repairing the cable ($20 cable - EXTREMELY hard & dangerous to get into the ibook to repair this), or possibly needing a new logic board (~$500). This is not just me, these 2 problems are VERY well known. From what I can tell the problems are not as severe on G4 iBooks, but they do still exist. It may just not be as bad yet because the G4 iBooks are relatively new. For me, it simply wasnt worth it when my logic board failed. For some 15 years I've had a laptop of one kind or another, and this is the 1st one I've had fail disasterously in that time (had CDs and floppies go bad, but nothing major before). I expected better from Apple, gives me a bit of a bitter taste for iBooks. Until they re-engineer the iBooks, I won't be buying another one (trying to decide on a replacement now). I'd have to rec the Mac Mini instead. Or, better yet, check out smalldog.com and see what they have in the way of iMac G4s if you might need a monitor. Their prices are quite good, they have a 1yr warranty on refurbished systems and a good reputation in the Mac community. -Lonerider [/QUOTE]
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