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15inch PB hinge Question
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Rochester NY
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How fragile is the hinge on the 15 inch powerbook. Is their anthing you have to do extra to assure that it doesnt break. In other words how careful do you have to be.
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MacBook Pro 15" Rev B | 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo | 2GB Mem | 160GB HD | Display 15 Glossy Widescreen Display
iPod Mini Green | 35 gigs of music :-)
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Windham, ME
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Rochester NY
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Thats pretty cool but this tells me that the hinge can crack like a piece of glass.
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MacBook Pro 15" Rev B | 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo | 2GB Mem | 160GB HD | Display 15 Glossy Widescreen Display
iPod Mini Green | 35 gigs of music :-)
HP DV1040us Laptop | 1.6 Pentium M | 1GB RAM | Centrino
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Senior User
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Guam - where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
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I had a rev A Tibook 400Mhz for nearly two years. No problems whatsoever with the hinge. May not be as sturdy as the new Albooks, but still well-constructed.
--jonas
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2001
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I have a 1Ghz Superdrive TiBook, never even thought about it. No issues, and it gets a lot of use/traveling/open and closing.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Madison, WI
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I've taken my Ti/400 apart a few times, and the hinges seem to be fine. Not an issue unless you really try to break them 
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Rochester NY
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After hearing horar stories about how they have snapped off and all I just had to know lol. 
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MacBook Pro 15" Rev B | 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo | 2GB Mem | 160GB HD | Display 15 Glossy Widescreen Display
iPod Mini Green | 35 gigs of music :-)
HP DV1040us Laptop | 1.6 Pentium M | 1GB RAM | Centrino
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Aug 2003
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Mine snapped.
Little sucker costs $600 to replace too. We still haven't figured out what did it(I discovered that it was busted after coming back to my hotel, but I would assume that it did not go through to much trauma.
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Senior User
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Dallas, TX 75287
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Just be careful opening the unit. If you jerk the screen upwards when you open the list, you'll put a lot of stress on the hinge.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: London, UK
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Mine snapped after 4 months. Apple replaced it. I bought the tiglide kit, and it improved things. However, it keeps getting tighter and needs adjjusting every few weeks. Always seems to be a bit tight for comfort and this worries me.
Other than that, no problems and stands up to a lot of travel.
Cheers,
J.
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By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out - Richard Dawkins
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