TUAW: As I was using my one month old PowerBook yesterday, I was alarmed to see the charging light on the power adapter randomly shift between orange and green. […] then decided to look up Apple’s support document detailing the procedure for resetting a PowerBook’s PMU (Power Management Unit) […] Unfortunately, a PMU reset still didn’t solve my dilemma. […] PowerBook and iBook adapters, if left plugged into a wall for too long, might need to actually be reset. This can easily be done by unplugging both of an adapter’s ends for at least 60 seconds.

My. What an intuitive solution. After all, we’re all had AC adapters for electronics for over thirty years and *gasp* – they need to be rebooted?
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