[P1] iBook battery

[Marcus]

On Wednesday, January 15, 2003, at 03:59  PM, Alric J. Lam wrote:
> and even clean installing OSX, considering that it seemed to start 
> happening after installing X onto the computer.
I don't think that your going to have to go as far as to reinstall os 
x.  What happens is that the battery basically just gets old and all 
you really can do is get a new battery.  I ended up doing just that 
this past weekend when my old battery got to the point were it was 
holding around 15 minutes of a charge.
> But since I have Apple Care, I called them up and they sent me a new 
> battery.  and a new power adapter as well, since the old one wouldn't 
> turn amber when charging the battery.  Apple Care is more than on the 
> way to paying for itself.....
If you can, try to call up Apple and see if they will still let you get 
Apple Care because I think its a great thing that I wish I would have 
taken advantage of.  Other wise its off to the Apple store for a nice 
little 130 buck battery. Having a new battery kinda makes me feel like 
I have a new ibook because I can carry it around and use it as a true 
portable.

-Marcus