I have a brand spanking new 1520 with 3Gb of ram, 2.2Ghz CPU, 250Gb HDD and 6600M GT video card running external 24" 2407 LCD at 1920*1200 and internal (albeit off) LCD at 1680 * 1050.  My concern is that when everything is loaded (minus Defender, Sec Centre and a few uneeded services BUT with Trend 2008 Internet/Virus Suite and Aero/Sidebar on) the Laptop uses abut 35% CPU at idle......that's over a 1Gb!! 

Does this seem excessive?  What is everyone else's idle usage?

Let's not even bring up the subject of the 68!!!! processes running.