[Swordmaker]

Essentially, Consumer Reports tested the MacBook Pro following their protocols which did not use the computer the way anyone else would use it, apparently thinking it works the sane way as a Windows PC would be working. So they turned OFF some of the specific parts of the Operating System essential to its efficiency, speed, and battery life. . . things such as memory cacheing, and then reported that it was not as efficient, as fast, nor as long in battery use as Apple had reported it was.

What results did they expect to get when they do that?

[relictele]

our battery tests are not designed to be a direct simulation of a consumer’s experience.

THEN WHAT'S THE BLOODY POINT!?!

Benchmarking without context is navel gazing.

[Swordmaker]

Consumers Reports magazine testing protocols used on laptops is flawed in that in their attempts to make the playing surface fair, as if all computers were Windows PCs and operated the same, requires the turning off of particular Operating System functions which, on a UNIX system are intended to improve speed, efficiency, and battery life. They then reported the MacBook Pro as being deficient in those areas, after those functions were turned off. What do they think would happen when they did that? Although such adjustments to the operating system are not generally user configurable, Consumers Reports did it anyway in the interest of "fairness" in comparing laptop computers, as if somehow users were better off using a computer not as the manufacturer intended it to be used, but with part of the OS disabled. — PING!

Thanks to dayglored for the heads up.

Apple MacBook Pro and the Consumers Reports' Review
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[pgyanke]

Good to have you back. Hope you’re feeling better, my FRiend.

[Squantos]

Never fart in an apple store as they have no windows BTTT !

[TexasGator]

They expect to get comparable results.

Besides it is not memory caching

[ConservativeMind]

Apple admits they have a bug that, when given the exact same settings on multiple computers, causes a battery life differential of 3.75 - 19.5 hours. You lambaste Consumer Reports for finding this bug, yet Apple thanks them.

Why do you hate Apple and Consumer Reports when they identify and fix a bug? I think that schizo.