[P1] It's Alive! iBook battery back from the dead!

[Brian Pearce]

> My Apple reseller told me this week that two-three months ago they got 
> a notice from Apple that batteries were not going to be covered by 
> Applecare in the future. To me that indicates there's a possible 
> problem with the batteries for which they no longer want to be 
> responsible.

I think that's jumping to conclusions that aren't necessarily 
warranted. There may be numerous reports of battery issues, but that 
still doesn't give a complete picture of the extent of the problem 
(which may not be as widespread as it appears), or why it happens.

 From what I understand, the software updates don't alter anything in 
the battery itself; that doesn't mean there isn't a problem, just that 
it isn't clear that it's a problem with the battery.

BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net