Apple screen at startup does a weird thing all of a sudden

We are leaving the country in 2 days for an extended time. We travel with the iBook and leave the MBP safely at home.
We just got a new high capacity battery for extra long run time for the iBook and it's great.
Now, I just noticed that at start-up just before the Apple logo goes away and grey spinning circle stops spinning and the next screen (opening OS x appears) the Apple logo and the circle seem to jump/wiggle a little to the right on the screen and then it all proceeds as normal. It's done this twice out of the perhaps last 10 starts I've done.
Does this mean computer death is imminent? Is there a quick fix if this is a problem? I don't have time to solve this if it is major.
Mrs H
Mrs H

It could be symptomatic of an impending logic board failure:
http://www.apple.com/support/ibook/faq/
Or maybe not?
If you want to be more certain of a working computer, I would recommend taking the MBP on your trip.
Bon voyage!

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