[AlanApple]

Hi folks,

Happy New Year to all of you.

I just bought a G4 1GHz iBook which replaces my G3 400 Powerbook. Speed is great, graphics are great and oh! the luxury of having a 60 gig hard disk instead of a 6 gig one.

So my observations/ questions. I have noticed that the blank area to the left of the track-pad heats up (in fact the whole left side of the machine) when the opposite does not. Is this normal and is it to do with where the HD or processor is housed?

Second thing is the screen:

1) Am I right in saying that it does not open as far back as the Powerbook PISIMO?
2) Screen looks fine and is easy to read at a certain distance and angle. However, if I sit slightly higher up or the screen is quite close it becomes slightly harder to read and (darker/ neg). Is this normal for an iBook. I think my Powerbook was the same but the margin for error seemed far greater in my Powerbook.

You know what it is like with a new machine - you want it to be perfect and you look so hard you are not sure if you are seeing things that are not here.

Cheers,

Alan

[m_young]

The heat is definately normal. I don't know about the glare, i don't pay too much attention, i just move the screen when it starts to be unbearable

[SupahCoolX]

The hard drive is under the left palmrest, which is why it commonly heats up. The processor is near the vents by the screen hinge.

1) The hinge design lowers the screen as it angles back, so it won't go back as far as a Pismo (which, IIRC, could go nearly flat).

2) Not sure how it compares to a Pismo, but the iBook screens are relatively high quality.

Hope this helps!