Check again (Google is your friend) .... the problem with the icebooks is the GPU (board flexing due to overheating) so they become... headless. I have several headless iBook 600 and 700MHz (16VRAM and Opaque 16VRAM) with their hard disk in perfect conditions :-) so for a music server.. who cares?. If you get one (do not buy! search LEM for a good reason not to buy a G3 as compared to a G4), you will have spare parts in case you get in trouble and that is a bonus (I assume you did not trash the other two ... right?)
Good luck! L. On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:36 PM, Jamie <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd really like to get another iceBook, but I've had some rather bad > experiences with them in the past. The first notebook I ever owned was > a 600MHz Rage128 model and two hard disks went bad in it. When I had > the first one replaced, the repairman honestly botched the machine up > royally. My sister is the one who had the work done and I suppose she > didn't bother to actually look at the work. > > But the second disk went bad after a few years, too. Then I picked up > a clamshell iBook, and it, too finally let its disk go bad while in my > mom's care. I don't know if it really just died or if she treated it > poorly though. > > I can find the ones I want fairly cheap... about $100 to $125 for well- > cared-for iBooks. The thing I'm wondering is that now that I know > better how to care for and use a portable computer... were my > experiences with iBook hard disks common or can I purchase one of > these computers with enough surety that my hards disk won't give up > the ghost on me without warning? > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for > those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to > [email protected]<g-books%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g-books > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
