If you’re an iBook G4 owner, I’d like to know if this has happened to you too. You can see from the image below that I’ve developed a nasty crack in the palm rest of my trusty “little white” iBook 14″. This crack is NOT from dropping it (before one of you makes that comment). Rather, it is a stress fracture that has grown over the last few months, I presume from the fact that I rest my left wrist at just that spot.

I’ve looked high and low for a replacement part online. I came across one once, but lost the link or forgot to bookmark it. Either way, I’m curious to know if any readers have had the same problem & how did you take care of it? Did you replace the palm rest yourself, or have an authorized repair shop do it for you? Or did you break out a tube of super glue & do a patch job on your own? What were the results? Better yet, were you able to find the part online and know where I can get my hands on it?

The crack is starting to bug me now, as it looks pretty ugly. Plus, I’m worried that the whole corner is going to come off eventually. I’m going to be revamping trusty “little white” this week (bigger hard drive, max the ram, new battery & replacement keyboard) and wouldn’t mind fixing this as part of it.