My wife's iBook typically gets 5 bars where my powerbook will get 2 or even 1. Anywho.. I use Sony's "Music CD-R's" (they have one that is specifically designed for music), I don't know if it is just marketing (I suspect so), or what.. but I have great success with these. J On 7/10/06, Brian Pearce <brpearce at optonline.net> wrote: > > Hmm. Odd. Well, presuming you have an iBook with an internal > > Airport card (and > > not a USB one or similar), then bad reception could be due to your > > ariel not > > being plugged into the card correctly. However, I'm a little > > skeptical, as I'd > > expect that if this was the case then you'd get no reception at all! > > Not necessarily -- I had a similar problem with my iMac G5 where I > had to be within a few feet of a wireless device to get any sort of > reception, and it turned out that the cable connection to the antenna > wasn't seated properly. iBooks tend to have the best reception of all > -- if you're having a problem, I'd check the AirPort card first. > > BRIAN PEARCE > <http://www.redjacketpress.com> > "Yesterday's Books for Today's Reader" > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- --Joel