Does Anyone Still Have Their iBook G4?

Amie · #1 June 11th, 2008, 07:42 PM

If so:

1. How does it run?
2. Any problems with it?
3. Any problems with the keys wearing off on the keyboard?

ilexeye · #2 June 11th, 2008, 10:07 PM

i'm on my g4 ibook right now, as the new imac is fritzing. it hasn't given me problems. a little slow sometimes, but its a basic computer putting up with my design programs just fine.

cosmetically, there is not a scratch or worn key. i've had it as my everyday computer for at least 3 years too.

SGilbert · #3 June 11th, 2008, 10:25 PM

My wife has one. Totally reliable & no wear signs.

g/re/p · #4 June 11th, 2008, 10:57 PM

I still have my iBook G3 700 Mhz - running on the original battery!

I put an airport card in it and was running it from the powerbook backup volume on my
external FW drive (internal iBook drive is dead), but it will no longer boot since i upgraded
the PB from Tiger to Leopard.

Rhisiart · #5 June 12th, 2008, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Amie

Any problems with the keys wearing off on the keyboard?

Yes and the keys are in great condition. The iBook itself is dead. May it rest in peace.

Amie · #6 June 15th, 2008, 06:06 PM

Thank you for your replies! The reason I asked about the keys is because I have a 2004 iBook G4 and had to take it into the Apple store for two keyboard replacements (free of charge because it was still under warranty). I kept the last keyboard a couple years but, dammit, the darn keys wore off - again! So, I took it back to the Apple store (just three weeks ago) and talked to the manager and told him about my ongoing problem of the keys wearing off and he was nice enough to do it "one last time for free" (my warranty expired a long time ago now).

I'm hoping that what happened was that Apple made a bad batch of keyboards that easily wear off and because my first two keyboard replacements were so close together, maybe they were from the same bad batch. I'm hoping this one - since it's about two years apart from the other two - is from a different batch and will be fine. So far, so good...

Quote:

Originally Posted by g/re/p

I still have my iBook G3 700 Mhz - running on the original battery!

How is that even possible??? LOL

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhisiart

Yes and the keys are in great condition. The iBook itself is dead. May it rest in peace.

Dead??? How? What happened? iBooks are known to last forever. I know many people who are still using their old Clamshell iBooks - and still running great. And that's amazing to me!

sgould · #7 June 16th, 2008, 03:17 AM

My iBook G4 is fine. Runs 10.4.11. The only thing wrong is that one of the plastic sliding keyboard retaining clips has fallen off.

Amie · #8 June 19th, 2008, 01:25 PM

Very odd! It seems I'm the only one having problems with the keys wearing off. I - and everyone at the Apple store - is baffled. Well, like I said, I'm hoping that it was just a bad batch of keyboards (original and first two replacements), and since this third replacement was years after the other replacements, I'm hoping that it's from a different batch and will not be defective like the others.

It's been about four or five weeks now. So far, so good...