New iBook with 4 hour battery life? should I ask for a replacement?

after about two months of use, my iBook is only getting 4 hours of battery life, I've done everthing right with it, per apple's own instructions.
does anyone know what their policy is? can I go to a store and get it replaced, or am I stuck with it?
thanks hope somone knows what's up with it, I would have liked my 6 hours as promised.

Please read the terms of use here about discussing policy on the link on the right hand side.
4 hours is actually quite normal. There is a part of Apple's website which explains how to optimize battery life:
http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html
If after optimizing your battery you aren't getting satisfactory results, you can certainly try to take it to a service center to see if they will replace the battery to see if it is the battery or the power management of the computer.
I'd only worry about the battery though if you were consistantly only getting about 1.5 hours or less out of it.
6 hours was never "promised". Read this page carefully:
http://www.apple.com/ibook/specs.html
"Up to 6 hours." If it had said "Always 6 hours and if not, we'll warranty replacement" I'd say that would be a promise. But it does not.

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