I just received a new PA33838U-1BRS (?12 cell I think) battery I
bought from batterydepot.com and I am surprised that it has so short a
life in my Toshiba A75-S209 laptop.

I should say for the record that the battery arrived fully discharged,
dead as could be. That surprised me too.

But then I know nothing about Lithium ION batteries, so I am not sure
what to expect. I have read the info at
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/a..._ion_batteries

As I watch Toshiba's Power Meter, with the desktop displayed, but the
laptop sitting idle otherwise, the capacity has decreased from 97% to
50%. That says to me that I will get only two hours out of a full
battery charge. Is that normal, good, bad, or what? I also wonder
why an overnight full charge (laptop off) only charged the battery to
98%.

So - I have to ask. Is something wrong? What is normal?

Thank you