G4 power up issues

[houltmac]

Originally Posted by Raven

Dropping any laptop, especially an older laptop, is always a recipe for trouble - and doesn't much reflect on the reliability of the machine, unless you have something designed for that (a Toughbook or something). Old, new, Apple, Dell - drop it and you're hosed. (Says the repair tech who has a whole stack of dropped machines she's working on this week.)

As a repair tech who also has a whole stack of dropped machines to be worked on this week... I have to agree. While some drops are worse than others, they have issues in the future far more often and quicker than machines which haven't been dropped.