I have also found it to a bit noisy when the cd is getting up to speed and burning. If you get over 4 hours on your battery you are doing okay. On Apr 1, 2005 6:06 PM, William Wiseman <elox at hot.rr.com> wrote: > I've been using an iBook G4/800/12" for about a year now. The drive can > be noisy, depending on what you are doing and the disk. Burning is > noisy, Cds with lots of printing/labels are a little noisy and it gets > worse if the disk is printed labeled off-center or to one side. > depending on what I do, I get 2 to 4 hours on my freshly charged > battery after almost daily. > > JeffW. > > On Apr 1, 2005, at 4:01 PM, victoria duggan wrote: > > > Hi all I have just subbed to list because i have moved my main mac > > from an emac to a G4 iBook. the main reason for this is that the iBook > > is alot easier for me to use as i can sit on the couch with it on my > > Knee's. The reason i chose the iBook is because i already had and > > still have a G3 ibook 600 14.1, This is set up as a desktop now to > > replace the family mac With a keyboard and mouse for my daughter to > > use when she needs a bit more speed than the trust 3400 can give her. > > > > My questions are The slot cdrw/dvd on the G4 is noisy is that normal? > > and what is the "real use" battery life like on the G4 ibook.? > > > > Other than them questions I am really happy with the speed and > > everything. > > > > vicki > > > > _______________________________________________ > > iBook mailing list > > iBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/ibook > > > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > > stuff: > > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > > > > _______________________________________________ > iBook mailing list > iBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/ibook > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >