The remaining time on a battery is a direct function of the workload being
placed on the PC. For example if you are using the Laptop to watch DVD
movies that remaining time will be one heck of a list then if you are just
working on a document or a spreadsheet.

And since this is not constant there is now way for Vista to estimate it.
"CJP89" <CJP89@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My battery meter shows the remaining power only as a percentage and not as
> a
> specific time (which is my preferred option). I am running Vista on a
> Toshiba
> laptop. Is there a way to fix this in Vista or is it part of the laptops
> design?[/color]