Well, you SHOULD be excited!! It will certainly be a vast speed improvement over the 1 mega-hertz machine you have now... :-P I have an icebook 500, and the screen doesn't seem to touch on my model, may have changed since, but I haven't bothered with something soft when closing the lid, and it looks fine to me. On 19/7/03 3:15 PM, "Jim Shimozawa" <kotonk2 at mac.com> wrote: > Hello to all iBook owners: > > In a matter of hours (I looked at UPS tracking), I will become the > proud owner of an iBook 700 (I know it's one that warps). This is > going to be my first laptop ever after a long series of desktops. My > current desktop - which I intend to keep - is a G4 Tower/1mHz Sonnet > CPU. > > If you had to give a new iBook owner one piece of advice, what would > that be? Wash hands often? Insert a piece of anything soft before > closing lid? Which is your favorite? > > Thank you all in advance for your advice. > > It's coming. I'm excited. It takes something special to get this middle > aged man excited. > > > ---------- > iBookList, a listserv for users and fans of Apple's iBook. > FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/iBookListFAQ.shtml> > > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <ibook-off at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > <ibook-digest at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > Need help from a real person? Try. <ibook-request at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > ---------- > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon Digital Camcorders start at $799 | Free iBook! | > > iBookPlanet.com | Visit iBookPlanet.com for the hottest > | iBook News, Features, Reviews & More. > > RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler > CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com> > > MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! > Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>