>Back in the early 80s I went to the Paul Simon's concert. The concert was excellent; Simon is a great guitar player and a terrific singer. As is often the case, he was telling some jokes. One joke, I still remember, goes something like this:
>"A psychiatrist, during a therapy session, asked me, 'Do you ever look at your stool after you go to the bathroom?'. I said, 'No', but from that point on ... "
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>I never before looked at the battery status of my laptop. Now, after changing the battery, I can't go 10 minutes without looking at how much time it has left. Since this morning I work on the battery only, not plugged in. Just wanted to see that if it can hold the charge. I notice that the time left on the battery changes depending on how many applications I have open. It goes from 2 hrs to 5 hrs. Right now, at 91% remaining, it still has about 5 hours.
>Hopefully I will be able to stop monitoring the battery level and start focusing on other important things :)

From what I've seen on american TV, whether the battery charge will hold mostly depends on prosecution, and how they built the case.