Lousy PMU and Logic Board

If there is really any complain that I have with my iBook, it must be the miserable battery life that it was giving me about 3 months ago and now, it cannot even operate on battery. The irony. A laptop that can be used only near a powerpoint.

After a search on the web, it seems that it's a rather common problem that may occur as early as after 2 months of battery life. Of all the problems I have googled, this is the closest to what I experience. Well, I suppose I should count myself lucky that it's been working for about 1.5 years before going kaput.

But really, don't you think it should work longer?

And now that I am considering a powerbook, I am worried about all the common problems I read about off the web.