IBook batterie charge life about 1 hour

I have my iBook for 20 months and now the charge life of the battery is about an hour. Also the time to charge it is about an hour. I drained and full charged it. I tried to reset PMU but when I release the keys Shift-Control-Option-Power, the computer restarts automaticaly, then I can't wait the 5 seconds required and the time of the system is not reset to 00.00.00, 1970 January, the 1st. My setting of Energy Saver is Longest Battery Life. My screen brightness is low level and I have turned off the unused applications, features and technologies. I disconnect peripherals not in use and eject CDs and DVDs if not accessed. Should I use Battery Update or should I do anything else?
Thank you so much for looking at my questions.

Letting your battery drain completely and then recharging it completely will keep it "calibrated" so the Mac knows how much charge there is. Doing this one a month should allow your iBook to accurately display how much charge is in the battery.
Lithium-ion batteries have a limited shelf life, whether they're used or not. In general, they will last around two years even if you don't use it.
Of course, batteries are designed to charge and discharge and then charge again. However, each battery has a limited number of complete charges before performance starts to degrade. You may have used up the total number of charge cycles before your battery reached its shelf life. So, it's possible it could have lasted longer if you hadn't discharged and recharged it every day.
Apple has a couple of Web pages with some suggestions and examples:
http://www.apple.com/batteries/
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
With your new battery, don't discharge it completely unless you're actually using it when you're not near power. But, you should continue to discharge it completely at least once a month so your iBook knows where the top and bottom charge are.
-Doug

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emsavage1127 wrote:
Should I go complaining to Apple or do I just need different software?
emsavage1127 wrote:
I really don't feel like taking my computer all the way to the apple store to wait there for 5 hours to hear that I need to call someone blah blah blah.
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Contact Apple for appt. for free in shop diagnostics and obvious battery replacement
future battery considerations:
Gaming: In cases of heavy and frequent use in gaming it is recommended, if possible, to keep your Mac plugged in since these frequent fast and deep discharges of the battery are not ideal for battery longevity.
If you were to always keep your macbook battery floating between 20% and 80% charge roughly, then you’d have no other considerations to make about your battery and its care,… except for long-term storage.
Keep it plugged in when near a socket so you keep the charging cycles down on your LiPo (lithium polymer) cells / battery, but not plugged in all the time. When not being used for several hours, turn it off.
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
"Apple does not recommend leaving your portable plugged in all the time."
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Never drain them LOW & dont always/often store them HIGH
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                          (as a very rough analogy would be 20,000 hard miles put on a car vs. 80,000 good miles being something similar)
*Contrary to some myths out there, there is protection circuitry in your Macbook and therefore you cannot overcharge it when plugged in and already fully charged
*However if you don’t plan on using it for a few hours, turn it OFF (plugged in or otherwise) ..*You don’t want your Macbook both always plugged in AND in sleep mode       (When portable devices are charging and in the on or sleep position, the current that is drawn through the device is called the parasitic load and will alter the dynamics of charge cycle. Battery manufacturers advise against parasitic loading because it induces mini-cycles.)
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LiPo (lithium polymer, same as in your Macbook) batteries do not need conditioning. However...
A lot of battery experts call the use of Lithium cells the "80% Rule" ...meaning use 80% of the charge or so, then recharge them for longer overall life.
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From Apple on batteries:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1446
http://www.apple.com/batteries/
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Your battery is subject to chemical aging even if not in use. A Lithium battery is aging as soon as its made, regardless.
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Everything boils down to battery chemistry long term, and not an arbitrary number, or cycle count.
Keep your macbook plugged in when near a socket since in the near end of long-term life, this is beneficial to the battery.
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