Battery life/monitoring issue

i did forum search , tried read through came up. tried of suggestions, nothing seems work.

have 2011 mbp 2ghz i7 , 8gb ram. i'm running lion 10.7.3

within last few weeks seems battery life has taken nose dive. seem few hours on normal usage. battery cycle count 64, , condition "normal". coconut battery says it's life 95%.

ideas? there apps install may shed light on this? saw few people suggest istat, don't know it. first mac, , i'm not familiar pc.

 

try gfxcardstatus. google it. seems give me 30 min or set integrated.


edit: also, make sure brightness down , keyboard light off. may want recalibrate.

 

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