Sorry to hear what happened. My 700 iBook is only a few weeks old and so far no problems. I do need to purchase Applecare before my year is up. Thanks for reminding me. Jim On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, at 08:14 AM, bill traynor wrote: > Greetings, > > As luck would have it, my 700Mhz (dual USB) iBook died on Saturday 2 > months after the 12 month warranty expired. Being a first time Apple > owner and having bought the machine only 9 months ago, I was ignorant > to the Apple Care plan that could have been purchased. Needless to > say, Apple has told me they can't help me. Ironically, this problem > has been reported many, many times, see: >