Question for iBook owners...

cyko95

With a Dell that I owned a few months back, the attached screen began to loosen to the point that if I tilted the system back, the screen would just fall back. Not completely loose, but too close to it.



My question is this. Has anyone here had this happen to them on their iBook (iceBook)? I have a 700mhz iBook thats only a week old and the tension in the screen is great to hold it's position. I just don't want that to fade.



Any input would be much appreciated.

tristan

[quote]Originally posted by cyko95:

<strong>With a Dell that I owned a few months back, the attached screen began to loosen to the point that if I tilted the system back, the screen would just fall back. Not completely loose, but too close to it.



My question is this. Has anyone here had this happen to them on their iBook (iceBook)? I have a 700mhz iBook thats only a week old and the tension in the screen is great to hold it's position. I just don't want that to fade.



Any input would be much appreciated.</strong><hr></blockquote>



I have a 600 mhz iBook. I have had no problems with the screen working loose. In fact its as tight as the day I pulled it out of the box. Just jealous of your speed.

cyko95

[quote]Originally posted by tristan:

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I have a 600 mhz iBook. I have had no problems with the screen working loose. In fact its as tight as the day I pulled it out of the box. Just jealous of your speed.



</strong><hr></blockquote>



Ahhh, the never-ending battle of speed envy. We can never have enough.



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eugene

The iBook monitor doesn't even go all the way back anyway, so that's not going to be a big problem. My sister's Pismo is like that though. If she lifts up the base of her PowerBook suddenly, the screen bends backward.

eman

I've had my iBook for almost a year now and I haven't had any problems.

aquatic

No problem. This thing's a brick.

zo

anyone have benchmarks of the new iBook 700mhz? is it Snappier?

wdegroot

My screen still works great on my 500 mhz iBook. It squeaked some when I bought it but it's settled down now. My latch thing doesn't work anymore though, my battery is shot, and one of the rubber feet fell off, so it hasn't been totally durable.

eman

[quote]Originally posted by wdegroot:

<strong>My screen still works great on my 500 mhz iBook. It squeaked some when I bought it but it's settled down now. My latch thing doesn't work anymore though, my battery is shot, and one of the rubber feet fell off, so it hasn't been totally durable.</strong><hr></blockquote>



That really sucks. All of those things are fine on my 500MHz iBook (except that I had to get the battery replaced a couple of weeks ago).

preston

Mines been nice and stiff for 6 months

idave

No problemo. The hinge on mine was actually too stiff and squeaked so I applied a tiny bit of WD-40. Still works just dandy.

leonis

Another proud iBook owner



Has been six months and with no problem



But my two complaints:



1) The case is so easy to scratch

2) Hard drive slows down everything

wdegroot

[quote] That really sucks. All of those things are fine on my 500MHz iBook (except that I had to get the battery replaced a couple of weeks ago). <hr></blockquote>

Has the battery failure been a big problem for iBooks? I just ordered a new battery so I hope whatever it was has been fixed by now.

sizzle chest

Not only is my iBook screen still plenty upright, just yesterday I was noticing that it's actually a bit harder than I'd like to hinge the screen forward & back. I've had the iBook (600mhz combo) for maybe 9 months or so.

cyko95

Thanks to everyone for the input. I'm glad to see that something else made by apple lasts.



Still Going!

allenchristopher

If you wander by the official Apple iBook support board you'll find that the usual problem is quite the opposite. Some iBooks have hinges that seize up, many, many of them squeak, and some people have actually snapped their screens opening the book.