I whined and bitched about my dam crappy MacBook Pro and how it wouldn't operate on battery. I always had to keep it plugged in. Multiple calls and visits to Apple resulted in them saying my out of warrantee laptop would need a expensive motherboard replacement.

I installed Battery Update 1.3, rebooted and unplugged my power connector. I expected an immediate power off, that's what usually happens. Nope, the computer stayed powered on.

I only left unplugged for a minute but it never ran on battery that long before. A longer term test will be next.

Update 10/07/07 12:09PM: I've been using it on and off battery power for several days and it's been working just like a laptop should. I noticed it wont charge to 100% a few times. I've reset the SMC to see if that will help. I'm happy but perplexed. Perplexed that it was fixed in this manner.