Satellite A200 - empty battery after 2 hours

My notebook SATELLITE A 200-BJ runs exactly 2 hours when I take plane "save energy" - then I must to charge it. It's normal?
i have bouhgt it 1 mounth ago and I don't konow what to do :(
Please help me, thx

Hi
Why should it not be normal? I presume that you now very well that Vista uses much more resources as WXP and it is logic that power consumption is also higher than on WXP.
To be honest 2 hours is OK for this notebook model. I have Satellite A200-1CR and battery also runs about 2 hours. Sometimes less than 2 hours but it depends on notebook usage.

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