Check out the following for Apple's advice regarding the iBook and PowerBook battery: http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html On Saturday, June 25, 2005, at 10:04 PM, Michelle wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I heard this sort of "debated" on a computer radio show, but it was > more about desktops (and mostly, IBMs) - and I wondered which option > is really "best" for my iBook G4. > > Do you "shut down" your iBook at night? Or let it naturally go to > "sleep"? Do you leave it plugged in (to charge up or ?) Or do you > leave it totally unattached to anything (i.e. power source, modem, > etc) > > Any advice on what is "best" for the life of the iBook would be > appreciate. I do not have any automated functions or programs that > need to (or should) run at night... just FYI. > > Thanks and take care, > Michelle & Herd > _______________________________________________ > iBook mailing list > iBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/ibook > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 >