Tyler writes:

My wife just (six weeks later) got her new battery from Apple for her Powerbook G4. The instructions on the printed materials that came with the new battery stated that the old battery had to be drained prior returning. Suggested ways to do this: play a dvd, play a CD or play the Chess game computer vs. computer.

The battery is a potential fire hazard… so the best thing to do, to make things easier for Apple, is to prolong the possibility that it will will spontaneously combust.

Awesome opossum.

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