[ssj4finalflash]

Sold my tibook and iPod on ebay to pay for a new 17 inch powerbook with 1.5 gig ram ( 512 from apple ) , radeon 9700 128 meg, and 5400 rpm hard drive. I opened it up today quite excited. The trouble is that when I went to open it, the latch makes a huge creaking noise and doesn't open easily at all. I almost have to pry it open and press the latch in with a crazy amount of force and two fingers on opposite ends of the button that controlled the latch. Visually, the button appears offset and not even from left to right. (perhaps smashed somehow in shipping ) This latch button worked nothing like my tibook latch button. I called apple and they are sending me a new powerbook overnight b/c they said the latch button was faulty. I guess another two days won't hurt...

[Detrius]

Sounds about right. It should be fixed under warranty.

[ssj4finalflash]

I've been quite happy with the service I have received. I'll update this thread once the replacement arrives with the results. I tend to think it was just a fluke as Apple hardware is usually of excellent quality.