Maybe a Notebook is not the right tool for you. Have you considered a Netbook?
Lots on the market now to choose from but not all will give you better battery life over a Notebook. I have a number of Notebooks and the Samsung NC10 Netbook. The NC10 gives me 7 ½ hrs mixed use of browsing the net, sticking on a film and using word etc, no Notebook can get even close to that.
If you can get 2hrs out of the one you have that is not bad going most will not do any or much better that.
Have a good look into Netbooks, I was a little standoffish to start with but now spend more time on this thing than any of my Notebooks.
