Nice post prx, (almost said cyg, LOL).. TBH, I've never thought about battery life, since I'm using port replicator at home and at work, which means, myl aptop is constantly connected to power supply. Laptop is nearly new and the battery is still preety good. But in some cases, when I'm working on battery power, Vista is draining power from the battery, unlike WinXP. Maybe I could test my battery now with Windows Vista installed and post results here.. I've also put this poll at our portal page..