I think my iBook just died. One of the USB ports was flakey for a while and then returned but now the whole machine won't turn on at all. The battery still shows it's full and when I plug it in the charging light turns on so it wasn't completely fried somehow. I haven't done a backup in a while but the only 'important' stuff I keep on there is e-mail, which I keep on the server anyway.

It really sucks having to make a warrantee claim though. It came with a one year and I didn't buy the three year extended. I guess I should be glad it's dying now and not in 4 months when the warrantee would have been expired.

Of course it might be something else. Last time I thought my iBook died the screen brightness was just turned all the way down. Heh, no I checked for that this time. :)

Update January 29, 2004 Apple has decided to fix these defective motherboards for free.