>Thanks for suggesting Coconut Battery, Michael, I also downloaded his >WiFi and Identity. These are really good programs. I thinks I'm >slightly ahead on the cycles, but I'll monitor it for a week before >pronouncing myself. coconutBattery is excellent. xBattery is another good one, it can graph out your cycles over a time period you specify. Cycles is the most important indicator of battery age. I should note the battery I bought was an actual Apple Ti battery for my G4800 NIB, hence my concern about it's "freshness". If indeed you can get a real TiBook battery from Apple, I would hope those are fresh stock... Michael __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com