IBM current parts special: TP 600 series Li-Ion; anyone try?

[findrivr]

Hi TP fans,
I was browsing around the IBM site and came across "Clearance Corner" link on the right border of their regular products page.

http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/store ... lCurrId=73

IBM is closing out their inventory of TP 600* LiIon batteries. They're marked down from $99 to $59- are these worth the trouble?

Has anyone recently replaced their old original 600* battery w/new IBM original[such as this]?
Have you had good results with this item?

I had heard somewhere that this battery has a problematic track record??

Thanks,
Patrick

[JaneL]

1) Yes

2) Yes

3) Dunno about this one, but every 600 battery I've ever had has been here today, gone tomorrow.

[whizkid]

I've had two 600E's and two 600X's. They are all still in my family.

All the batteries die, as all laptop batteries do. I've had several IBM brand and a few no-name batteries and they all behave the same.

And they've all given me about two full years of service.