So Apple does have a bad quality product...

[liketom]

I still have mine trying to get rid of it ...

I second the vote for the line of 800mhz G3 iBooks

LOL that was my 1st Mac the iBook G3 , i got rid of it for a nice price on ebay when my screen started to play up lol think i bought it for £799 and sold it fot like £700 hehe

SOLD AS SEEN lol

" i third that by the way - worst one of the lot "

 

[bartelby]

i think the powerbooks whos power bricks caught fire

that would be the 5300 series

Yay!! I've just bought a 5300 for £13 off ebay, to run one audio program!
Didn't they have a problem with the batteries too?

 

[caveman_uk]

I still have mine trying to get rid of it ...

I second the vote for the line of 800mhz G3 iBooks

I've still got mine too. Applecare runs out in November and that's exactly when I'm ditching it and buying a new laptop. I consider myself lucky - I've only had one new logic board (touch wood).

I trust that the new G4 ibooks aren't as dodgy as the G3's????

 

[decksnap]

The stickers will stay on the glass just fine if you a) clean and dry the area first, and b) put a piece of paper over it afterward and rub it down really hard. Although an ice scraper will take it off pretty quick.

 

[jadam]

The G3 ibooks and their ****** power adapters have horrible quality... and I still love it to death!

 

[5300cs]

I've still got mine too. Applecare runs out in November and that's exactly when I'm ditching it and buying a new laptop. I consider myself lucky - I've only had one new logic board (touch wood).

I trust that the new G4 ibooks aren't as dodgy as the G3's????

I've had the logic board replaced only once, as well. It happened in the morning though, and left me without a machine the whole day. Now it just sits on the floor unused, and the battery is kind of shot, too. I can't sell it because I left the box in the US and I have to find all the manuals and CDs.

As for the G4 iBook: someone posted a thread a few months ago about the letters coming off the keys on theirs! What was that all about?

 

[runninmac]

im curently in the stage oh begging my sister to give me one of the stickers she got 2 with her iPod Shuffle but shes not giving in.

 

[rickvanr]

I have a white sticker that came with my powerbook on the back of my jeepster. It's been holding strong for over a year, thru multiple washes and 2 Canadian winters.

The puck mouse I liked, aside from having to clean it alot, I liked it, more then the ADB mice, although I still liked them too.

 

[wrldwzrd89]

I have a white sticker that came with my powerbook on the back of my jeepster. It's been holding strong for over a year, thru multiple washes and 2 Canadian winters.

The puck mouse I liked, aside from having to clean it alot, I liked it, more then the ADB mice, although I still liked them too.

My Apple Optical Mouse has never needed cleaning. It's been regularly used for almost 1 year without cleaning (1 year of use will come on February 6, 2005).

 

[rickvanr]

My Apple Optical Mouse has never needed cleaning. It's been regularly used for almost 1 year without cleaning (1 year of use will come on February 6, 2005).

The puck mouse used a ball, I haven't cleaned my apple optical mouse since I got it either, over 2 years ago.

 

[mgargan1]

i put one on my xbox to make it an iBox... makes it a little easier playing

 

[mischief]

Roundup of Apple flops:

The 5300's infamous recalled incindiary power supply.

The occasional exploding powerbook battery (usually a bad batch, also recalled)

The Yikes! G4.

The whole Nubus thing

Quadra, Centris and Performa

The "Yo-Yo" Power supplies on the original Powerbook G4 and iBook.

The original silver Airports

Mac OS X.0 "Beta" pre-install program.

The original proprietary Apple video connector (not the oddball VGA, the one that looks kinda like a DVI connector)

and, of course the goddamn hockeypuck mouse/ mini-keyboard combo with the 8" keyboard cable.

 

[zelmo]

Performa 575...what was I thinking?

 

[virividox]

i dont think the graphite base stations were bad at all

 

[neut]

The original proprietary Apple video connector (not the oddball VGA, the one that looks kinda like a DVI connector)

and, of course the goddamn hockeypuck mouse/ mini-keyboard combo with the 8" keyboard cable.

I think ADC was the wasy to go ... to bad it didn't catch on with the PowerBooks; and the rest of the industry.

... and my daughter loves her PM B&W G3 with hockey puck and shotened keyboard.

My least favorite products are the ones released during the Pepsi era.


peace.

 

[Lacero]

20th Anniversary Macintosh was a big flop. Never heard of it until recently. Thing looks pretty ugly, IMHO. And it sold for $10,000 back in it's day. That's like $15,000 is today's money. Totally ridiculous.

 

[5300cs]

Totally ridiculous.

You've obviously never used one then (or seen one in person; pictures don't really do it justice.)

I have one, and it's the pride of my collection. Worth every penny I spent on it.

For the record, the $10,000 price tag was to have someone (from Apple, I assume) come to your house dressed in a tuxedo in a limo, and set it up in your house for you. Sales were poor because of the price, so it went all the way down to $2,000 before being discontinued. It is rumored that Steve Jobs hates them, too.