I just recently got my new laptop from Discount Laptops.com and I totally love it, however I've been wondering why the battery seems to drain faster than it should and also why I don't have any type of advanced battery management program.

It's a Chembook 2056 but it has a 2.0GHz Centrino. I haven't ran it for too long on battery power but it seems to drain rather rapidly. I have no Intel Speed Step applet anywhere to adjust and I could find no drivers or anything for it in the CDs I got with it. Also, when I check the status of the battery in the taskbar it shows percentage but it doesn't show any time remaining. I mean this machine has absolutely everything I can't see why it wouldn't have that capability.

Maybe there is just some kind of application I need. I e-mailed ChemUSA and they haven't got back to me yet. If you guys could help me I'd really appreciate it.