Actually, this is my only "complaint" about my new 15.2" G4 Powerbook 1.25 (which has countless great virtues and capabilities) - the battery life is pretty feeble. I just unplugged from the mains, to see what my full battery is offering under normal load: 1h 21 min. Not impressive. My relatively new battery in my Ti-500 (the one that was stolen) was always about 3h+. I have already found that on a trip, the battery is dead soon after takeoff.... Looking forward to step-changes in battery technology for laptops. regards, Trevor