[DM-MUG] Laptop consideration questions

[Darcy Baston]

I've had an iBook G4 933MHz 14" for more than a year and I'm liking  
it less and less over time:

1-The ink on the keyboard keeps disappearing and I'm getting close to  
getting a second replacement.

2-There's also a crack that's appeared in the bottom left corner that  
I've seen appear in exactly the same spot on other people's iBooks  
who were equally perplexed at where it came from. It just seems to be  
a frame tension weakness of the iBook.

3-The LCD screens on the latest iBooks seem to ripple a little when  
you move them slightly. Mine doesn't have that problem. I can imagine  
that being hard on the eyes when in a moving vehicle.

4-My iBook doesn't always ground its power supply well. Last fall I  
couldn't put it on bare legs (shorts or whatever) because I was  
getting a painful trickle of power coming out of the screws on the  
bottom. I couldn't figure out if it was the outlet I was using or  
what, but it comes and goes depending on where I'm plugged into.

Those are the only things which will discourage me from getting  
another one, instead of a Powerbook. It's a great computer that runs  
well, but it is a mostly made-of-plastic device and that's gotta be  
taken into consideration.

regards,
Darcy

On May 1, 2005, at 1:39 PM, Russ Carlson wrote:


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>
>> Good Morning,
>>
>> Because my wife and I do have the opportunity now to take more  
>> days away from home I'm considering a laptop to download our  
>> digital pic's,  pick up emails and keep up with some of the  
>> discussion boards I enjoy.  It seems as though most motels/hotels  
>> now offer wireless connections in room and I think I'd like to  
>> take advantage of that option.  I know also that most motels/ 
>> hotels offer the obligatory inferior computers in the lobby which  
>> I really find annoying.
>>
>> Any suggestions would greatly be appreciated, thanks. My home  
>> computer is an iMac G4 with the ability to record and burn both  
>> DVD's and CD's with OS 10.3.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> Jon Engelhardt
>> Adel, IA
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