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===Quality issues=== The hinges on the titanium PowerBook display are notorious for breaking under typical use. Usually the hinge (which is shaped like an L) will break just to the left of where it attaches to the lower case on the right hinge, and just to the right on the left hinge (where the right hinge is on the right side of the computer when the optical drive is facing the user). When the 667 MHz and 800 MHz "DVI" PowerBooks were introduced, Apple changed the hinge design slightly to strengthen it. At least one aftermarket manufacturer began producing sturdier replacement hinges<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Truth About Titanium G4 Hinges Steel |url=http://www.powerbookmedic.com/The-Truth-About-Titanium-G4-Hinges-Steel-p-34.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120095715/http://www.powerbookmedic.com/The-Truth-About-Titanium-G4-Hinges-Steel-p-34.html |archive-date=November 20, 2018 |access-date=November 19, 2018 |website=PowerbookMedic |language=en}}</ref> to address this problem, though actually performing the repair is difficult as the display bezel is glued together. In addition some discolouration, bubbling or peeling of paint on the outer bezel occurred, notably around the area where the palm would rest while using the trackpad, and around the rear of the hinges where paint on the back of the machine was often worn off. This appeared on early models but not on later titanium PowerBooks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The laptop that made Apple switch to aluminum |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYz_U2lo1gQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/oYz_U2lo1gQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |access-date=May 18, 2021 |website=YouTube | date=7 May 2021 |language=en}}{{Cbignore}}</ref>
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