[DM-MUG] Laptop consideration questions

[jim lagnese]

You get what you can afford. If you can afford a PowerBook, then by all
means, get one, as they are better computers than the iBook, but if you
budget isn't there, then don't be ashamed of owning an iBook too. I have
seen the crack Darcy is talking about and I think it may be cause from being
disassembled without enough care or it had been dropped. iBooks do not fare
well when dropped even lightly on the battery side.


On 5/1/05 2:18 PM, "Russ Carlson" <marruss@crosspaths.net> wrote:

> 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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