G3 Lombard Bronze Powerbook, 333mHz, bought in late 1999
The old adapters had a slight fire risk and were replaced (free of charge, with covered shipping) by Apple. The new iBook style adapter we received was slightly warped, but we didn't notice. This led to the power port eventually becoming loose, which necessitated fixing (replacing the power port, the card it's attached to, and the screwed up cord). The hot swappable CD drive's faceplate broke off during normal use (just snapped), so they replaced that at the same time (all under one fee).
The screen flicker is apparently something infamous that does happen with some of the laptops. The ribbon cable for the LCD goes from the main board, around the left hinge, then up into the screen. I imagine the stress placed on it with all the opening/closing contributes to the need for replacement.
I think that some of the G3s were also known for eventual death due to the high heat generated. This is less of an issue, I think, with newer models.
Otherwise, this computer has run wonderfully and has stood up to fairly heavy use. I'm not particularly nice to it and use it LOTS and it has really been fine. It runs well, has faithfully served as boy's music machine for several years, and it blew the socks off my old PC of the same approximate specs.
FWIW, I did FAR more repairs/replacements to my old PC. I had to replace the power supply, the power supply fan, a CD drive, memory, etc... And then it died completely (motherboard AND power supply went) a year or two ago.
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Date: 2003-04-01 10:44 am (UTC)The old adapters had a slight fire risk and were replaced (free of charge, with covered shipping) by Apple. The new iBook style adapter we received was slightly warped, but we didn't notice. This led to the power port eventually becoming loose, which necessitated fixing (replacing the power port, the card it's attached to, and the screwed up cord). The hot swappable CD drive's faceplate broke off during normal use (just snapped), so they replaced that at the same time (all under one fee).
The screen flicker is apparently something infamous that does happen with some of the laptops. The ribbon cable for the LCD goes from the main board, around the left hinge, then up into the screen. I imagine the stress placed on it with all the opening/closing contributes to the need for replacement.
I think that some of the G3s were also known for eventual death due to the high heat generated. This is less of an issue, I think, with newer models.
Otherwise, this computer has run wonderfully and has stood up to fairly heavy use. I'm not particularly nice to it and use it LOTS and it has really been fine. It runs well, has faithfully served as boy's music machine for several years, and it blew the socks off my old PC of the same approximate specs.
FWIW, I did FAR more repairs/replacements to my old PC. I had to replace the power supply, the power supply fan, a CD drive, memory, etc... And then it died completely (motherboard AND power supply went) a year or two ago.