Apple ’s long - awaited refresh of its MacBook Pro line is disappointing for many reasons , but it looks like we have something else to add together to the list : rottenly unpredictable barrage life . The problem is significant enough that it might just tumble Apple ’s machine from its throne .
Consumer Reports decided to transcend on recommend Apple ’s new line of laptop computer because the shelling performance alter wildly during its trial . orchard apple tree rooter were hoping that this refresh would set up some of the battery job that beset the late line of MacBook Pros , but the solvent have been dissatisfactory . FromConsumer written report :
For instance , in a series of three serial trial , the 13 - inch mannikin with the Touch Bar ran for 16 hours in the first trial , 12.75 hour in the second , and just 3.75 60 minutes in the third . The 13 - inch modeling without the Touch Bar worked for 19.5 hours in one trial but only 4.5 hour in the next . And the numbers for the 15 - in laptop computer ranged from 18.5 down to 8 hours .
Those were just a few of the results ; we try out barrage life on these laptops repeatedly .
Jerry Beilinson , the Consumer Reports editor in chief who wrote the report said that laptop ’s battery lifespan typically varies by about five percent in tests . Obviously , the above MacBook Pro issue are slenderly more dramatic than five percent . It seems like Apple is shit attempt to fix the battery trouble via software update , but the only matter we ’ve really noticed so far is that Apple remove the indicant that shows how much clock time is go away before the barrage fire decease .
Ars Technicahas some great point on what may be causing some of the latest MacBook ’s battery woe . One thing that stick out to me is that the 15 inch MacBooks derive with a dedicated GPU , instead of offering merged computer graphic in years past . Sure , the graphics public presentation is doubtless better and takes a picayune heat off the C.P.U. when you ’re using an outside monitor , but it can do some damage on the shelling . As Ars notes , the unexampled MacBooks will dynamically switch between using the consecrated GPU and integrated graphics , but there ’s no way to totally deactivate the onboard GPU .
So for the first time in for a while , it seems like Apple ’s MacBook Pros might not be the best laptop computer on the market . Embarrassing for Apple . Might we suggest theDell XPS 13 instead ?
[ Consumer Reports ]
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