Sony Vaio Stand By Time

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I just purchased a Vaio VGN-S460 and am curious what the battery life
should be while the computer is in stand by mode.

This is my situation. I had my computer on all day at work plugged in,
and the battery fully charged. I have the setting so when I close the
lid on the computer it goes into standby. At 5:30pm I closed the lid
on my laptop, the computer went into standby, and I unplugged the cord
and put it into its case.

At around 10:30pm I took the computer out of the case, and noticed it
was very hot (almost as hot as it gets when normally running). I
opened the lid, and hit the space bar to take it out of standby mode
(which indicated that it truly was in standby). I then immediately
noticed that the battery was down to 22%. So basically in 5 hours of
standby mode my battery drained 3/4 of its capacity.

I also noticed this last night. I closed the lid on the computer
before I went to bed, and made sure the computer went into standby
mode. I put it in it's case. When I took it out at work this morning,
it went into hibernate mode because the battery was totally drained.

I can leave my Thinkpad and Sharp laptops in standby mode for days at a
time without the battery discharging.

I know the battery is good since it can hold a charge for 2 to 3 hours
while I am working on it without completely discharging.

It seems as if the laptop is leaving a bunch of things on in standby
since it stays very warm.

Any comments? Thanks.