>> So far I have no complaints with my 17" AlBook either. Apple always >> seems to send me a good model. ;-) My 17 is first of my 7 PowerBooks that had any dead pixels... It has 1 dead pixel. I have never had any significant problems with Apple products, and this TiBook is my 28th Macintosh since my 128k in 1984. (I had to wait 3 weeks to get it. .was one of the first 10,00 ever manufactured.) Since my TiBook was a 400MHz, the 17 blows it away in performance and the brightness of the screen is vastly superior. Yes, I dislike the side ports, but with AirPort and Bluetooth I hope to have them mostly empty soon. And BookEndz are coming soon.