Consumer Reports now recommends the MacBook Pro after a software fix

Re:Consumer Reports now recommends the MacBook Pro after a s... by _1 on Friday January 13, 2017 @07:49AM (#13390396)

I'm still finding that the battery on this machine sucks. Opened my MacBook pro this morning and the battery was down to 74% (my Air would be around 95 if left overnight in my bag). I've been at work, unplugged for just a half hour and I'm at 67%. Not running anything intensive, just Outlook and Chrome.

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Re:Consumer Reports now recommends the MacBook Pro after a s... by specialist on Friday January 13, 2017 @09:55AM (#13391213)

I recently cleaned my primary laptop of most all utilities. One in particular, Disk Drill by Clever Files, was impacting performance and reliability.

Websites have become resource hogs. I want something like The Great Suspender Chrome extension for Safari.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/the-great-suspende...

Meanwhile, I take extra care to shut unused tabs.

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Re:Consumer Reports now recommends the MacBook Pro after a s... by timemachiner on Friday January 13, 2017 @08:07AM (#13390506)

I have the tMBP 15". I know there is a lot of hate on HN (easy upvotes), but I get 8-10 hours on mine. I use safari.

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Re:Consumer Reports now recommends the MacBook Pro after a s... by rufius on Friday January 13, 2017 @09:53AM (#13391187)

Ditto.

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Re:Consumer Reports now recommends the MacBook Pro after a s... by jjtheblunt on Friday January 13, 2017 @06:56PM (#13395863)

I believe Chrome is semi intensive, or at least wasteful.

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