We're on Keyboard four on my wife's G4 800MHz iBook... I've no gotten to the point where every 70-80 days I take it back to our local Apple Store and ask when Apple is really going…

I posted waaay back in this thread that I'd never had this problem with my iBook G3 or iBook G4. It is starting to happen to my iBook G4 800, and I've only owned it half as long. …

I'm glad to hear that Apple is replacing keyboards under warranty. Many of the keys on my iBook G4 1GHz have worn (nearly) off. I suspect it's cheaper for Apple to replace a few …

Some people's body chemistry is such that it weakens the paint off the keys just enough that typing can knock the paint off. I've seen a woman go through a keyboard every couple mo…

Sounds like a plausible reason for the wear, but I've never worn a keyboard on any other PC I've ever used... I've got a keyboard here right now that's 8+ years old. It's dirty a…

Yikes This isnt like live journal where I can delete the whole thing and click submit and it deletes the post. Well sorry I wrote the post 2 times. I said I was covered under apple…

I had my laptop not even a month and the keys started to disappear on my g4ibook. Being under warranty I took the laptop in and had 3 keys replaced. My N key was the worst of all k…

I'm on keyboard #2. The first one lasted almost a year before ink started to flake away, and the second one just a few months. The S is completely gone again. Being a touch typist …

i use the iskin, just got it recently. I have a few issues with it that I posted in a thread in the Peripherals forum. But overall it does the job great. Within 3 days I could s…

Just want to say thanks for this helpful thread. I got my second iBook the end of April 2005. Within a week the R E N were going and completely gone in another week I never had…

I just got back from a no joy attempt to get keyboard #6 from Apple through my local Apple Store Genius Bar. The keyboard is 88 days old on my wife's out of warranty 12" iBook G4. …

Hi... I too have problems with my keyboard...and ive only just gotten my iBook for 2 months!!! anyhow...what im more concerned about are oil or shiny marks on the keyboard...espe…

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very old trick along with tennis ball, they throw them over the walls.

but minimum security prisons dont have walls... I drove by one and it looked like a school, there where even inmates crossing the street, as they were supposed to. Zach

Hi, I have a 12" Powerbook running 10.3.5 with all the most recent updates installed. I have found that on occasion that the keys on the keyboard either have no effect or cause t…

Did you accidentally press the NumLock key? This actually happened to me on the first day after I purchased a PB: most keys didn't produce anything while others gave me numbers. I …

Also, if that isn't what has happened, you may have accidentally activated a different keyboard by pressing command-space (which can cycle between whichever keyboards you have acti…

Alternatively, other possibilities are - you are accidentally pressing a modifier key as you type (e.g. the fn or option/alt key) or one of those keys is getting stuck. The functio…

Sounds like you hit your numlock key.

Quote: Originally posted by goMac: Sounds like you hit your numlock key. Thanks for the suggestions, I'm of the opinion that it was the numberlock key - such a sim…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3633750.stm

Quote: Originally posted by RonnieoftheRose: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3633750.stm A bit late, isn't it? Better late than never, I guess. Here's hoping …

Quote... "US Vice-President Dick Cheney headed the firm until he took office in 2001. He has, however, denied that this has led to preferential treatment for the firm." Yeah, s…

That's all well and good, but who's going to provide the support while a replacement is found?