On my second battery... I could cry.

I took my Unibody MBP to a Genius Bar after trying everything in advance of that to sort this battery problem out. I was patient enough to wait until the battery had more than ten cycles.
My battery drains badly when in sleep. I could live with that. What drives me mad is the length of time it takes to charge.... especially when there is 20% left to go (last 20% takes 2 hours or more).
The Genius basically told me to keep an eye on it. Not the greatest help in the world. I spoke to someone who has a new MPB and he told me that his doesn't do that and that I should get a new battery replacement.
With that in mind, I usually have two batteries for my laptops so I bought a brand new one today. I took it home to see would it make any difference. It has the same problem. I'm wondering if it is the charger (it is the 85W one) or is it a software problem?
are there many people out there with this slow charging problem? I have had all the types of MBPs that were ever made and none of the batteries charged as painfully slow as this one. Can anyone advice me of what to do next?

I think that it is a universal issue with the new MBP. I usually have the higher performance energy setting and display turned up and get three hours on battery and it takes every bit of three hours to recharge. I am hoping that it is a software issue and will be corrected in the next update or 10.6. I'd be curious to hear if this is normal or if anyone has heard otherwise from Apple.

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