On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 07:07:52AM -0600, Derrik Pates wrote: > I don't know. We have several of the G4 PowerBooks (not running Linux, > but we have them) at the place that I work. I haven't been too impressed > with them - they frankly don't feel sturdy, we've had latches and keys > break, and the DVD-ROM drive it's outfitted with doesn't have good > clearance (so setting your right hand down on the laptop will produce a > scratching noise as the drive bends), not to mention that it doesn't > seem to like some CDs for whatever reason. I don't know if the iceBook > (aka iBook2) shares any of these attributes or not.
from my limited inspection of an ibook2 at a store it does look more sturdy, and thats what ive heard from others about them. keep in mind that apple's primary target for the ibook2 is education, K-12 in particular. they have to build a fairly sturdy machine to stand up to a certain ammount of abuse coming from that audience. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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