Hey! I was someone who signed a petition for a class action lawsuit. I have used Macs for almost as long as they have been around and have had numerous ones! I had my combo drive fail suddenly (like many other people have had for no reason) and I have the backlight problem.
Although the problem has been known for sometime I actually only heard about it 3 weeks ago. I noticed the symptoms are what has been affecting my iBook for the last 18 months (and it is getting worse now). The problem in my case is a loose graphics chip (to the left of the trackpad).
Now I'm a fairly literate guy and use the net a lot for work and I have only just located the petition site. So, before anyone uses vague numbers of signees to start pointing out how large or miniscule the problem is just remember that there may be plenty of iBook users who:
1. Have not diagnosed their problem
2. Don't have access to the net
3. Don't know about the petition
4. Don't have enough English to understand the site (not all iBooks are sold in the Americas!)
5. Are scared about legal matters or becoming involved
6. Have trashed their iBook and changed to something else
7. etc (sorry almost started to rant there 8-1)
Anecdotally, I know 10 people with dual USB iBooks. Four have had both backlight, battery and combo drive problems (yes all three together). The other six perfect. No problems.
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Hey! I was someone who signed a petition for a class action lawsuit. I have used Macs for almost as long as they have been around and have had numerous ones! I had my combo drive fail suddenly (like many other people have had for no reason) and I have the backlight problem. Although the problem has been known for sometime I actually only heard about it 3 weeks ago. I noticed the symptoms are what has been affecting my iBook for the last 18 months (and it is getting worse now). The problem in my case is a loose graphics chip (to the left of the trackpad). Now I'm a fairly literate guy and use the net a lot for work and I have only just located the petition site. So, before anyone uses vague numbers of signees to start pointing out how large or miniscule the problem is just remember that there may be plenty of iBook users who: 1. Have not diagnosed their problem 2. Don't have access to the net 3. Don't know about the petition 4. Don't have enough English to understand the site (not all iBooks are sold in the Americas!) 5. Are scared about legal matters or becoming involved 6. Have trashed their iBook and changed to something else 7. etc (sorry almost started to rant there 8-1) Anecdotally, I know 10 people with dual USB iBooks. Four have had both backlight, battery and combo drive problems (yes all three together). The other six perfect. No problems.