[P1] new ibooks... any better re warping & screen marks??

[david]

On Saturday, July 5, 2003, at 08:09  AM, Jo wrote:

> I'm almost ready to buy a new iBook. Are there any models--the newest 
> ones, perhaps??--that don't have the problems mentioned with warping 
> and/or screen marks?
> Thanks.

Warping - it really is a non-issue. Out of the tens of thousands of 
iBooks manufactured a few will have defects. That is a fact of life. 
Remember, these lists and online forums are where people talk about 
their problems. We don't write to say - "Hey, I got my iBook today and 
it is perfect!!" Well, most of us don't. <grin> Okay - "my iBook is 15 
months old and still chugging along without a single flaw. Just like 
the Tangerine iBook before it."

As for the screen marks...this really is an issue - of sorts. Thin 
notebooks are important for marketing. Thin means good - thick means 
bad. The clearance between the LCD and keyboard is minimal. When we got 
the new iBook lab at work I kept watch and noticed the markings within 
a few weeks. Cleaning the screens got rid of them - it was just oil - 
no actual impression into the screen that I could see. So we just put 
some chamois cloths on the cart and asked teachers to see that the 
keyboards got cleaned off when they were finished. I clean my keyboard 
every week and haven't seen any marks on my screen since - but I did at 
first.

Pick the model you want, be sure to add more memory, and go for it.

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David