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I think apple embellish a little when they made that statement.  I am new to the Mac world but I have been using PC laptop for a while I regularly would leave it plug in and it has not any adverse effect. Every once in a while I will usually leave it on battery power and let completely drain and recharge. It usually gives me about three hours or so depending on how much usage it gets while on battery

thanks.  I always get 100% charge as well (8 months of at least 5 days/week usage).  I guess I never thought about that. 

I still get 45 minutes more time than the Dell Inspiron 5000 laptop i am forced to use at work.  that makes me feel a little better.

I had a battery die on my Pismo about a year ago. It had been declining in runtime, but I had sort of chalked that up to runnning X most of the time. Then it just went out one night while I was using it on battery. Had enough juice to keep it asleep between home and work, but as soon as I opened it up - bam.

I got a replacement on eBay, which worked pretty good. It has lost some capacity recently.

I bet the 5 hours time is figured by turning everything possible off/down and letting it sit doing nothing. I am sure PCs do the same.

You're complaining about $129? It's $149 for a new battery for my Pismo.

Try eBay - you might be able to snag one there.

I had mine replaced under AppleCare. I thought 45 minutes for a 1 year old battery was a little underperforming. If they would have refused to replace it, I would have purchased a new one. The key is that it took 30 minutes to charge the battery to 100% and 45 minutes to discharge.

One of the plusses of buying a new battery from Apple these days is that they are 61 watt-hours compared to the 52 or so that were in the previous generation Ti's (and I assume the previous generation had more than the generation before that... etc). If you have a Rev. B or C TiBook you can use the Rev. D batteries in them.

Once upon a time I stayed home with my ill son on a cold Jan. day in 2001.  I just happend to be able to watch Mr. Jobs keynote at MacWorld on TechTV.  He presented a new PowerBook that I ordered that evening.  3 weeks later it was in my hands.  Almost 2 years later my battery had deteriorated to about 15 minutes of life.  It has been deteriorating since late-summer 2002 (ie. 3 hrs.; 2hrs.; 1 hr.; etc.).  I just received a new 61 Watt hour battery and have had 4hrs. + of life with regular use during its first day (today).  I have a Rev. A 400 MHz PB and it takes longer for my old power supply to charge this new battery, but I am pleased to be truly portable again.  I was able to go around my school and set up new AirPort Base Stations with ease today.  I showed off my 125 student's Powerpoint presentations to each class, checked and recorded 375 assignments on PowerGrade, and watched my students do tutorials on the iBooks in my classroom via Remote Desktop!  I also posted this message, but I'm plugged in right now, I am charging up again:)!

I have a PB 1 ghz model and just wanted to let everyone know that there is a new charger unit.  The new one has 3 prongs (not 2 like the older models) and the adapter is 65W.  I did not notice the change at first when I upgraded from my PB 667.  It wasnt until I was talking to a guy at Apple Store that I was made aware of the change.  Nothing in the manual about it.

Make sure you use the new adapter unit if you have the newer 867 or 1gig hz models.  Sell your old surplus ones on ebay or use them for ibooks.