"As enthusiasts devoted to Apple prepare to descend on San Francisco next week for the annual Macworld conference, at least two online petitions have collected hundreds of signatures from potential plaintiffs seeking to file lawsuits over claims of defects in the iBook laptop," reports Reuters.
Also, "in California, a lawsuit seeking class-action status is expected to be filed January against the company over the claim that Apple's warranty does not run long enough to cover problems with the player's battery."
Update: Just noticed The Register has waded in with Andrew Orlowski on the iBook problems: "We can vouch that this is an issue from our own experience, as both of The Register's US iBooks have died this year, one after only ten weeks." There's also a link to a MacWorld piece that says: "We can't check the vital signs of every computer Apple ships. We can, however, report on the quality of the PowerBooks we've received, and that report is not encouraging. Of six 15-inch PowerBooks Macworld ordered from a non-Apple retailer, three had to be returned."
