[DM-MUG] Laptop consideration questions

[Russ Carlson]

I have not experienced any of the problems that Darcy mentioned 
although I have not had my computer setting on my bare legs and I have 
been using an auxiliary keyboard.  I have been using the computer for 
six months.

Russ
On May 1, 2005, at 1:58 PM, Darcy Baston wrote:

> 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:
>
>
>>
>>
>>> 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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