You don't want to know that this could happen to just about any machine...
Why not get a new drive and swap it in yourself?
Bob
my iBook is about 1 1/2 yrs and today I had to bring it to the repair service because a DVD is inrecoverably stuck in the slot drive. I used that drive probably about 50 times max during these 1 1/2 yrs.
At the store they told me that the waiting time will be about 2-4(!!) weeks due to the fact that there are so many repair jobs to do right now. I'm wondering if that "right now" was just a phrase he always throws in as a habit when talking to a customer.
I really like having a mac, the OS, the design and all the stuff that can be done with it. But I'm pretty sure that when the days of my iBook are counted, I'll rather get something more reliable, throw some linux distribution on there and be just as happy.

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