My battery doesn't last as long as it should, why?

Brand new macbook pro 15", I've transferred all my files, downloaded a couple apps. My battery last maybe 3-4 hours. What can I do to trouble shoot this or is it a problem to contact apple about? Medium brightness and medium key brighness mostly

Your other post mentioed that your computer's fan is on high speed. From this I can only make out that you're doing some processor intensive work. A battery life of 3-4 hours is the ideal time for such working conditions. On the other hand, if you're not doing any processor intensive work and are doing the minimal (such as just word processing or simple browsing), you'd see a 6+ hour battery life.

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AppleTechDenver wrote:
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