iBook Firewire Problems

[Larry Blodgett]

I have a white 2 usb iBook.  The firewire port failed just beyond the 
warranty period.  So I am naturally hesitant to buy another iBook.  
Many have had this same problem and when failure occurred within the 
warranty period they returned the iBook to Apple several times for 
repair.

I want to buy a new iBook and I want firewire too.  Are the new 
firewire ports as vulnerable to failure or has there been a fix for the 
past failures?  I will definitely purchase the extended warranty.

Thanks for any help you can give.


Larry Blodgett
lblodgett at mac.com