http://www.osnews.com/story/21670/Apple_s_2009_MacBook_Pro_Battery_Life_to_Die_for Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:01:54 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?368581 http://osnews.com/thread?368581 I have yet to test this on the road but certainly for me 7+ hours of battery support was a big pull in moving to a Mac for business use. I have a 13" MBP, i.e., without the dedicated graphics: I think Apple were wise to fill this gap in the MBP line-up; I tried the 15" and it was frankly too big to lug around after my Vaio (although I marvel at the brutes who seem to manage it with ease), and got too hot and noisy if ever I switched to the separate graphics grunt. But the smaller MBP does both for the road and as a desktop replacement, for me.

I think I am in love (but don't take me too seriously :-) Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (orfanum) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?368608 http://osnews.com/thread?368608 isn't it intel et al who supplies apple with hardware? or is it the magic "brick" design that saves the battery? Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (vsmi) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?368623 http://osnews.com/thread?368623 It's a custom battery made for Apple. Probably the most controversial decision was to integrate the battery into the MBP. Hopefully replacement of the battery won't be outrageously expensive.

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/battery/ Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (tchristney) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?368644 http://osnews.com/thread?368644 On the luggability front, the battery life is enough to leave the charger behind on some day trips. (He says, having just realised I left my charger at home by accident today - and was fine.)

The only downside to the integrated battery with extended life, is: "What the heck do I do when there is a liquid spill on the keyboard?" (On other laptops my first act would be to remove the battery). Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:02:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (ameasures) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?368689 http://osnews.com/thread?368689 Worse case scenario you could always purchase an external battery from HyperMac:

http://www.hyperdrive.com/HyperMac-MacBook-External-Power-s/91.htm

If you grabbed the highest capacity battery you could have up to 20 hours of battery power Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:01:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?368712 http://osnews.com/thread?368712 Kaiwai,

Thanks for the tip - that looks like a seriously useful piece of kit. :-) Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (orfanum) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?368715 http://osnews.com/thread?368715 I was going to purchase one until I saw that for pretty much the same price I could probably get a low powered netbook for my travels purchasing stuff from America is incredibly expensive, and in some cases the shipping is hugely expensive Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:06:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments