Congratulations, Cameron!
I love my hand-me-down TiBook but it needs to be babied, I can picture myself making a lifetime buy of TiBook DVI laptops and parts so that I can be always assured of having one that works.
Why the hinges are so costly is that broken ones are a very common problem, so there is a demand for these. Also dinged, dented, and peeling cases... People who love these machines have an uphill battle maintaining them. The aluminum G4s appear to be much more durable, but my 1GHz Ti is the final OS 9 laptop so it stays. If my hinges went I would probably look for a mechanical solution, bolt some kind of new hinges on and spoil its svelte profile.
I love my hand-me-down TiBook but it needs to be babied, I can picture myself making a lifetime buy of TiBook DVI laptops and parts so that I can be always assured of having one that works.
Why the hinges are so costly is that broken ones are a very common problem, so there is a demand for these. Also dinged, dented, and peeling cases... People who love these machines have an uphill battle maintaining them. The aluminum G4s appear to be much more durable, but my 1GHz Ti is the final OS 9 laptop so it stays. If my hinges went I would probably look for a mechanical solution, bolt some kind of new hinges on and spoil its svelte profile.