[andrewb]

I thought the battery had gone on my laptop, I planned to get a new one but never got around to it. It probably went within warranty too. Anyway Its getting a new free case at the moment, apple phoned me up and said that in fact it was not the battery but the motherboard. They inform me that its 8 months out of warranty.

I got it from PC World, so I am off there tomorrow to try and get something done. I don't think 1.5 years is at all reasonable for the life of a laptop! Especially not at the macbook price range!