A significant number of circa summer 2002 iBooks were shipped with bad bateries, which are readily replaced by Apple upon verifying the situation. Go to an Apple Store or call AppleCare. On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Stephen Foster wrote: > We have an iBook (new last summer) and lately the battery > occasionally does not hold the charge. After 20-30 minutes it dies > even though it started at 98 per cent or so. When it comes back from . . .