[P1] New iBook 14" question

[George Adams]

Just as an aside my old blueberry iBook came without a screen latch closure. Why
did the Apple designers feel the need to return to putting "latches" on the newer
iBooks?  Is this really an improvement to the iBook?

george


Don Hinkle wrote:

> Yep, take it back to the dealer. I had a similar problem on a new G4
> PowerBook and took it to an Apple Store and the Genius at the counter
> fixed it in less than 10 minutes. The problem is the little hook gets
> bent, and it just has to be caught (no simple feat) and bent in the
> right direction and then it hooks fine.
>
> -donald henry hinkle
>
> "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's
> too dark to read." - Groucho Marx
>
> On May 6, 2004, at 9:00 PM, Jim Soriano wrote:
>
> > Hi there:
> >
> > I just picked up my daughters' new iBook G4 14"/1.2G and while getting
> > ready to wrap it up as a present I noticed that the lid latch is not
> > catching.  The little metal hook is dropping down when it gets close
> > to the bottom slot, but it doesn't seem to be reliably retained; it
> > fails 9 out of 10 times and the lid just bounces back upward.  It
> > seems to happen whether or not the foam sheet that protects the screen
> > from the keyboard is in place.
> >
> > Is this normal?  Should I return it to the dealer tomorrow for their
> > evaluation?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jim
>
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