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Consumer Reports: Don't buy the new MacBook Pro

Marp — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 14:36:13 GMT

Consumer Reports said Thursday that it has decided not to recommend Apple's new MacBook Pros, because the notebooks' battery life can be miserable.

The issue isn't exactly new: Many MacBrook Pro owners have been complaining on social media that their computers have short battery life. Consumer Reports' tests confirmed customers' gripes.

The MacBook Pro's battery life was "highly inconsistent from one trial to the next," Consumer Reports said in its review. For example one MacBook Pro model ran 16 hours in one test and less than four hours in the next. Another got a stunning 19.5 hours of battery life in its best test, and dropped to a woeful 4.5 hours in its worst.

Although battery life can vary from test to test, Consumer Reports said a fluctuation as large as the one it experienced on the MacBook Pro is extremely rare. Usually, laptop battery life only varies about 5% from test to test.

Since Consumer Reports said averaging the battery life length would not reflect what a customer would actually experience, it decided to factor in the lowest battery life measured for each model. That resulted in some truly dreadful ratings.

More: http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/23/technology/consumer-reports-macbook-pro/

Re: Consumer Reports: Don't buy the new MacBook Pro

Joe Marshall — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 14:45:25 GMT

@Marp wrote:

Consumer Reports said Thursday that it has decided not to recommend Apple's new MacBook Pros, because the notebooks' battery life can be miserable.

The issue isn't exactly new: Many MacBrook Pro owners have been complaining on social media that their computers have short battery life. Consumer Reports' tests confirmed customers' gripes.

The MacBook Pro's battery life was "highly inconsistent from one trial to the next," Consumer Reports said in its review. For example one MacBook Pro model ran 16 hours in one test and less than four hours in the next. Another got a stunning 19.5 hours of battery life in its best test, and dropped to a woeful 4.5 hours in its worst.

Although battery life can vary from test to test, Consumer Reports said a fluctuation as large as the one it experienced on the MacBook Pro is extremely rare. Usually, laptop battery life only varies about 5% from test to test.

Since Consumer Reports said averaging the battery life length would not reflect what a customer would actually experience, it decided to factor in the lowest battery life measured for each model. That resulted in some truly dreadful ratings.

More: http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/23/technology/consumer-reports-macbook-pro/

Thanks for that information. Crazy thing is, I just got a Macbook Pro from QVC yesterday and it's my first one! I love it, but it's the older model (Mid 2012) and after much research, I've found out that it's one of the best models to have because you can upgrade componets and you still have most of your useful ports like USB, Ethernet, Optical Drive, ect... No need to waste money on all of those adaptors because Apple wanted to sacrifice ports for portability.

Re: Consumer Reports: Don't buy the new MacBook Pro

Lilysmom — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:19:40 GMT

@Marp, thanks for posting. I just bought a MacBook Pro but it isn't one of the new ones. Mine has USB, SD Slot, thunder ports and HDMI and headphones. I read quite a bit before I made my choice. This is my first mac computer. I am in love. Fantastic battery life. I rarely use my ipad now. Bye bye windows!!! LM