In a recent paper, Istvan Gaal and Laszlo Remete studied the integer solutions to binary quartic Thue equations of the form $x^4-dy^4 = \pm 1$, and used their results to determine pure quartic number fields which contain a power integral basis. In our talk, we propose a new way to approach this diophantine problem, and we also show how an effective version of the abc conjecture would allow for even further improvements. We also discuss a relation between this quartic diophantine equation to recent joint work with P.-Z. Yuan.