Actual battery life on latest MacBook Pro 13?

I bought a MacBook Pro 13-inch a week ago. For the most part, I'm very pleased with it. But I'm disappointed in the battery.
Apple claims "up to 7 hours." The "up to" language clearly means that there is no guarantee of 7 hours regardless of how the computer is used. But it implies that this amount should be attainable with moderate use -- at least when the machine and battery are brand new.
I find that I'm getting 4-5 hours, with Bucktooth off, keyboard lighting off, screen at about 70% brightness, wireless on, running Apple Pages for word processing, doing moderate amounts of surfing on Safari, doing occasional iTunes stuff -- but really nothing else. That seems to me to be quite moderate.
With most computers, 4-5 hours would actually be a great battery life. But given Apple's extraordinary claims for this model, should I be expecting more? In other words, have I got a machine that is defective in some way or is this what, realistically, I should expect?
Comments would be greatly appreciated.

I was wondering the same thing. I normally run my backlight on the lowest setting or 25% brightness maximum and my keyboard light off. I also have bluetooth off most of the time. I find I still only get around 5ish hours if only doing internet/word processing.
A quick crude experiment I just ran was that Microsoft Entourage uses quite a bit of battery that I never really thought of. By using mail and ical instead of entourage I was able to have 3 more minutes for a 5% drop in my battery level. If this extrapolates for the entire life of the battery it may be costing me an hour of battery life. I like some features of entourage (my day, how the to do list is organized, etc) but hate others (how it drops my IMAP connections, resets my rules, and now how it appears to use a lot more resources).
I'm going to try using mail/iCal instead of entourage now and see if it offers better performance.
Also, here is a site I found on simple tips to increase your battery life.
http://theappleblog.com/2009/10/06/14-ways-to-be-kind-to-your-battery/

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