[ciphun]

I recently dropped my ibook and although it still works fine and hasn't had any hiccups in function, I noticed that the bottom pane of my ibook's screen (there area where the name "ibook" resides) is bowed out. I also notice that when I close the lid, everything works fine and it goes to sleep, but when I try to open the ibook again, by pushing the release button, the ibook's screen does not spring open any more, and I have to dig my finger nail in between the lid and the base to pull it up and this is causing stress on the bottom pane that is bowed out. A picture of this bowed out pane is here:



and here:




What can I do, if anything?

[ciphun]

bump,

any suggestions?

[DeathMan]

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...ight=insurance


While it doesn't help your current dilemma, laptop insurance is definately worth considering. My iBook fell out of a half open backpack about a foot onto cement when I had one. Luckily it didn't hurt it. I later had problems with the CD tray. It was still under warranty, though technically I damage due to accident isn't covered. I'm still not sure if the CD tray problem was directly related to the dropping. It probably was.

When I get a G5 powerbook (in a year or so) I'll definately get insurance on it, as well as AppleCare. Its too big of an investment not to protect.

[mikeini]

whats the difference between applecare and insurance?

[ciphun]

deathman:

thanks, I really appreciate your comment and your statement. I will look into this when I get a newer laptop I will definitely do this.

However, a G5 notebook in about a year, I highly doubt that a notebook with a G5 processor will be available by that time (but it's possible) .

In any event, thanks for the suggestion and I willd definitly look into it.

As far as the difference between applecare and insurance, Applecare is in the event that the machine messes up on it's own, software or hardware wise, that can not be related to your mishandling of the product.

Insurance is for the mishandling of your product.