Worried About New 13inch Macbook Pro

Hi guys,
just upgraded to a MBP from the white macbook. Till now I am loving it but I am worried about two things.
The battery of my new model (3 days old) is no where close to the claimed 8hrs. While I understand that 8hrs is just a claim and mostly in standby mode but I am still worried about my battery.
My iSat pro shows its health 97% (yesterday it was 96) on 3 charge cycles.
Also I get an estimate of 3 - 4 hrs battery time when I browsing on Safari, using iTunes, and full brightness and keyboard lit. Is that normal? My white macbook use to give me the same charge in good old days.
Have I got a bad battery?
I am new to the glass mousepad and taken aback by its slow response. I dont know if its a snow leopard bug or my trackpad is faulty. Sometimes double and right clicking doesnt happen and i have to tap hard.
Also another peculiar problem is that if I have to shut a window or a tab in safari, sometimes when I click on the "X" nothing happens. I have to try it a couple of times or minimise it and then shut it. Its quite irritating. Can some one pls tell me why this problem is arising?
Thanks

Hi Tanya,
My iSat pro shows its health 97% (yesterday it was 96) on 3 charge cycles.
Anything above 95% is quite fine for a new battery. This number will go up, down, sideways, etc. all the time. It is not a very accurate measurement of battery condition. If you have not yet calibrated your battery do that and see what it says.
The full brightness on your display and keyboard are what is killing your battery life. The display is the single largest power draw on a notebook computer (by far!!). If you dim it down to 50% of lower you should see at least an hour or 1.5 hours added to your time estimate.
As for the trackpad, I think something is wrong. Have you adjusted the tracking speed and double click speed in System Preferences? My Late 2008 trackpad is speedy and responsive. I never even click it; I just use tap to click.
--Travis

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