Portable Heat

[Joe Sporleder]

Does anyone else think that the iBooks get a little too hot, meaning 
possibly decreasing the life span of its components? With my 900mhz G3 
12" iBook, I have to be careful about using the edge of a bed or cloth 
chair as a "table", as these surfaces are not good for dissipating the 
heat generated by the machine. In fact, Apple's knowledge base 
recommends avoiding using cloth surfaces on the 12" PowerBook G4, and I 
would think the same advice would apply to the iBook too. I would think 
now that the new iBooks have G4s, they'd generate about the same level 
of heat as the PowerBooks. In the area of the hard drive is where the 
iBook seems the hottest. According to System Profile, it is a 40GB 
Toshiba. I have had to have both the hard drive and main logic board 
replaced in this machine. At least I won't have to worry too much for 3 
years... that's what AppleCare is for! :-)

Joe