New MacBook Pro series

Re:New MacBook Pro series by wheels on Thursday February 24, 2011 @09:56AM (#2258145)

I'd be surprised if that's what happened. I suspect this is just another unrealistic number that's the same proportion of reality as the previous numbers.

That said, when I'm traveling and going for extended battery life (read: trans-atlantic flights) I get pretty close to the rated number by dimming my backlight and shutting off wifi and bluetooth.

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Re:New MacBook Pro series by ericd on Thursday February 24, 2011 @10:42AM (#2258354)

Apple reported that they were changing the way they measured/reported battery life with the last MacBook air launch, and explained that it was less favorable, but more realistic.

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Re:New MacBook Pro series by kenjackson on Thursday February 24, 2011 @12:07PM (#2258757)

During transitions like this it would be nice to give both numbers on the new and old machines. This at least gives people some type of comparison point.

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Re:New MacBook Pro series by nevinera on Thursday February 24, 2011 @01:24PM (#2259131)

While that would be nice for the techie crowd, it would read to the typical user like "we were lying before, sorry about that". Not very feasible.

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