Logic board replacement - do I do it or not?

Hi,
The Logic Board of my iBook G4 14" 1.2 ghz recently died and is going to cost me almost £600 to make right!!!
No I didn't buy Applecare. Call me stupid but I expected Apple machines to be a cut above bog-standard PC machines and assumed it'd last me a while.
If I'd have known these issues before I made my purchase then I'd never have bought the machine - it's 2 years old for god's sake.
I digress.................
I've seen the posts on this board - multiple board replacements seem to be the norm, although by the looks of things the older ibooks seem to suffer the worst from this.
My question is should I expect another board failiure? The service centre is offering me a 3 month warranty on the replacement parts. If my ibook goes down after that with the same problem then I'd be seriously annoyed that I just didn't buy a new MacBook instead. I see I could get hold of their lowest-spec machine for a few hundred pounds more.
What do you guys think?
iBook Mac OS X (10.4.7) iBook G4 1.2ghz 14"

I've seen the posts on this board - multiple board replacements seem to be the norm, although by the looks of things the older ibooks seem to suffer the worst from this.
You'll have to keep in mind that this is a technical support forum specifically for people who are having problems. The topics here do NOT reflect the experience of the vast majority of iBook owners. Apple regularly sold 250,00 iBooks each quarter, so if "multiple board replacements" were the norm, there would be thousands upon thousands of posts here about an issue like that.
Apple did recognize a manufacturing defect in the G3 Dual USB iBooks and created a logic board replacement program for those that failed due to that specific defect. But, it was only for those that did fail and not all of them failed.
Without knowing more about your need and use for your iBook, it will be difficult for us to determine the risk you face by paying for a replacement. There is currently a refurbished iBook 12" 1.33GHz /512DDR /40GB /Combo for £524.25 right now at the UK's "Special Deals" Web site. This computer would have the full Apple warranty and could take an AppleCare Protection Plan as well.
-doug

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