On Sunday, July 20, 2003, at 05:02 PM, James Hall wrote: > I just got the worst feeling in the pit of my stomach. We bought a tv > table this weekend to keep the iBook on. Well, the only problem is > that it leaves some cords laying around. Our PC bit the proverbial > dust tonight, so I was getting up to help my wife figure out what was > going on with it, when all of a sudden... > > crack. > > The ethernet cable ripped out of the notebook port. I'm probably > lucky that the notebook didn't fall, but it *did* break the tabs that > hold the cable in place. So now I'm thoroughly bummed. Looks like > I'll take it to the Apple Store on Tuesday to see if they'll fix the > screen, and who knows, maybe they'll be generous enough to fix this > port as well. > > A guy can pray, can't he? > > James I hope everything turns out ok, but you might want to invest in a wireless base station and an airport card. 700mhz i-Book running Jaguar Macs for life! http://homepage.mac.com/nikon80x/Menu2.html