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<blockquote data-quote="Root" data-source="post: 25506">i hate to say it, but...&nbsp;&quot;Never just close the iBook! Common sense! Mac iBooks rule, but please remember no Mac is magic! A little care and sense goes a long way, maybe it was trying to run crons while the display was closed! Not a good idea! notebooks need care in shutting down before closing! Ask the Apple store people about these things&nbsp; Macs rule -but they are not magic Know your system!&quot;i have an iBook, my first mac/apple. I wouldnt call myself a switcher, more of a hybrid. But i have had this same problem at times. It hasnt happened lately, probably because it rarely sees more than 40 - 50 minutes of use in a sitting. onto my next order of business. PC Laptops you can just close. It seems that they can take more abuse, Apple builds there products on their &quot;innovative ideas&quot; essentially their prettyness. Instead of their quality. iBooks have poor heat problems, especially when plugged in. Their backlights have been known to die. Their CD trays seem rather flimsy. The computer sleeps when the lid is closed to &quot;extend screen life&quot;. I have never heard of a PC LCD screen dying because of heat problems. pc laptops run with the lid closed (unless otherwise set not to). It seems that with iBooks especially the prettyness doesnt outweigh the loss.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Root, post: 25506"] i hate to say it, but... "Never just close the iBook! Common sense! Mac iBooks rule, but please remember no Mac is magic! A little care and sense goes a long way, maybe it was trying to run crons while the display was closed! Not a good idea! notebooks need care in shutting down before closing! Ask the Apple store people about these things Macs rule -but they are not magic Know your system!" i have an iBook, my first mac/apple. I wouldnt call myself a switcher, more of a hybrid. But i have had this same problem at times. It hasnt happened lately, probably because it rarely sees more than 40 - 50 minutes of use in a sitting. onto my next order of business. PC Laptops you can just close. It seems that they can take more abuse, Apple builds there products on their "innovative ideas" essentially their prettyness. Instead of their quality. iBooks have poor heat problems, especially when plugged in. Their backlights have been known to die. Their CD trays seem rather flimsy. The computer sleeps when the lid is closed to "extend screen life". I have never heard of a PC LCD screen dying because of heat problems. pc laptops run with the lid closed (unless otherwise set not to). It seems that with iBooks especially the prettyness doesnt outweigh the loss. [/QUOTE]

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