I used to brag to my friends about getting approximately 2 hours of power on my powerbook. Heck, I used to remember the days of showing off my Lombard and 2 batteries. After using Panther, I'm down to 1.5 hours. I can't live without Panther now but am disappointed by the life of the battery now. Can't finish a 2 hour movie. Yep, the hack "Silent Night" doesn't work on Panther either. Yes, I've reset the PRAM, conditioned the battery, set processor speed to reduced, and dim the backlight to as low as tolerable, and quit unneccessary applications but it would be nice to have a little longer battery time. I've been looking at some of those external batteries that appear to fit under your laptop. Has anyone tried any one of those and have any recommendations? I remember visiting a place that had a battery that can also be used to connect multiple devices like an iPod, cellphone, PDA, or whatever device at the same time. I can't remember the name of the company. Any leads? So far, I've looked at: http://www.brilliantstore.com/battery/laptop-apple/apple.htm (I found this in the back of a MacWorld magazine ad) http://www.lindelectronics.com/cgi-bin/store/shop.cgi/!ORDERID!/ppack/MP90-G 4/dbx_gen_detail_product http://www.sacramentoelectronics.com/high_capacity/laptop/apple/apple_laptop s.html (This was a web log I found about another guy looking for an external battery) http://www.crazybob.org/roller/page/crazybob/20031201 Heck, I don't even know if some of those places sell the same batteries or not! Oh yeah, before I forget - I have a 1st generation G4 Titanium 400 Mhz and a 1st generation G4 12". :-) Wilson - Guam, U.S.A. - - - P L E A S E C U T A L O N G D O T T E D L I N E - - - You can bend my ear We can talk all day Just make sure I'm around When you've finally got something to say. -- TOAD THE WET SPROCKET