New MPB - only 2 hours battery?

I only got this just before Chritmas, I rand it down to reserve straight away and have done so at least once a fortnight since.
I've just done it now, and only had 2 hours of battery power before it alarmed.
Is that really right?
Thanks
Tom
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: MBP61.0057.B0C
SMC Version (system): 1.58f16

eww wrote:
And does Activity Monitor show anything using a significant percentage of your CPU cycles during these two hours of running time?
This is the most common cause of poor battery life, assuming your battery is in good shape. Launch Utilities > Activity Monitor > CPU tab, set the pop-up menu to Active Processes, click on the CPU column to sort, and see if anything is using a high amount of CPU capacity.

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