Ubuntu iBook G3 Performance

[Eric Dunbar]

> This model is prone to failure of a critical system component:  the
> logic board (see http://www.apple.com/support/ibook/faq/ or simply
> google on "ibook logic board").  I've owned my iBook for a little over 7
> months, and it has been back to Apple for replacement of the logic board
>   a total of three times!  In fact, I just got it back from it's third
> trip to Apple's repair facility today.

Make sure you get Apple's Apple Care Warrantee before your year is up.
Most people never use it, but, once you have a lemon there's a good
chance you'll always have a lemon. A friend of mine had his iCrap die
on him three weeks before his warantee ran out -- he bought extended
warantee and used it again, two months before it ran out... well worth
the investment for him. Me on the otherhand, I've owned over a dozen
Macs (all used) over the years and not one has had even the slightest
Apple-related problem (once a HD died but it wasn't Apple issue in the
first place).