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Did the new iBooks solve the backlight problem?
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Join Date: Jan 2003
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Did the new iBooks solve the problem that first generation iBooks suffer from with the frigging backlight going out? I am contemplating upgrading to a new iBook, but hell will freeze over before I buy another laptop with a busted backlight a year after I bought it.
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I beleive that they do. think all but the first ones are now ok. They have some plastic protector by the hinge now.
The backlight problem happend to me after i was out of warranty... cost a load!
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I free'd my mind... now it won't come back.
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Originally posted by RevEvs:
The backlight problem happend to me after i was out of warranty... cost a load!
I refuse to get it fixed until my whole damn screen dies.
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I have the original 500mhz DUAL USB iBook, and my screen has been working perfectly for 2 years...
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Originally posted by pat++:
I have the original 500mhz DUAL USB iBook, and my screen has been working perfectly for 2 years...
you are certainly blessed, or never close your iBook's lid.
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Join Date: May 2001
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Originally posted by tikki:
you are certainly blessed, or never close your iBook's lid.
I close the lid about 5 to 10 times a day. 
(Last edited by pat++; May 16, 2003 at 02:49 PM.
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Originally posted by pat++:
I close the lid about 5 to 10 times a day.
Blessed you are.
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Join Date: May 2001
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Originally posted by tikki:
Blessed you are.
I really don't think this problem was that much spread... a few cases only... I've never heard about this problem before... (and... I'm not blessed  I do have the 'creaky hinge problem...)
(Last edited by pat++; May 16, 2003 at 02:59 PM.
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Originally posted by pat++:
I really don't think this problem was that much spread... a few cases only... I've never heard about this problem before... (and... I'm not blessed I do have the 'creaky hinge problem...)
I had the creaky hinge, but got that fixed under warranty. The backlight problem is widespread. Just check out all the threads on Apple Discussions. It's ridiculous.
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yup, this is widespread, there are always a few threads about it on various forums...
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I free'd my mind... now it won't come back.
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So, boys and girls, the lesson to be learned from this thread is "Never buy Rev A Apple Hardware unless absolutely necessary." Let them work out the design bugs that will popup, then buy 
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Originally posted by tikki:
So, boys and girls, the lesson to be learned from this thread is "Never buy Rev A Apple Hardware unless absolutely necessary."
I think the lesson is a different one: Always buy AppleCare! Sure, my Rev.A iBook (Dual USB) developed the backlight problem after 15 months, after my warranty had expired. However, I've read about people with creased backlight cables on many subsequent iBook revisions.
Once I paid $300, Apple fixed my backlight cable in a few short days. If I had bought AppleCare, they would have fixed it at the same speed for free. IMO, with Apple's $300 flat fee for repairs, it only takes one problem to make back the price of AppleCare. If you're so blessed as to avoid any problems, the three-year piece of mind is still worth it.
I've said it many times before: Never again will I buy an iBook or PowerBook without AppleCare.
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"The only laptop computer that's useful is the one you have with you."
Until we get a 3 lbs sub-PowerBook, the 12-inch PowerBook will do.
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Originally posted by escher:
I've said it many times before: Never again will I buy an iBook or PowerBook without AppleCare.
Lesson #2 of the day.
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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Originally posted by tikki:
Lesson #2 of the day.
Lesson #3 max out the ram in iBooks 
The backlight issue was solved ages ago I think...
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we don't have time to stop for gas
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Originally posted by PeterClark2002:
Lesson #3 max out the ram in iBooks
The backlight issue was solved ages ago I think...
Not w/o a lot of money (for those that don't have applecare) or some paperclip hack (can't find the link right now).
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