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Horrible comparison. * For one, choosing a "random laptop off of Dell's small business" is not the equivalent of a MBP. * Second, your choice of power benchma

Horrible comparison. * For one, choosing a "random laptop off of Dell's small business" is not the equivalent of a MBP. * Second, your choice of power benchmark is ridiculous. FTA: "Before we mention the battery life of the Precision M4600, it's important to point out that our review unit came equipped with the Intel Core i7-2920XM Extreme Edition processor." And based on the source's graph[1] they are dead last by a significant amount. Are you sure you chose this "randomly?" * Third, choosing a laptop slightly more comparable, hell, even if it's not as comparable, will yield significantly better battery life. The ThinkPad Edge [2] ranges from 7.4-5.7 hours; The T series can go up to 16 hours on a 9-cell battery [3] and the X series with up to 23 hours. * As for price, Lenovo is near the same price range at around $179/9-cell battery. The word "exorbitant" may not be completely qualified here, but the prices are neither decent nor cheap. [1] http://i.imgur.com/Ucep7.png http://i.imgur.com/Ucep7.png -- Don't want to take their bandwidth. (Shortened lenovo links below since they were really big. No referral nonsense in there, I promise.) [2] http://lnv.gy/N0mufz http://lnv.gy/N0mufz [3] http://lnv.gy/cVtbKt http://lnv.gy/cVtbKt [4] http://lnv.gy/dBYhVr http://lnv.gy/dBYhVr

betterth 14y ago
While I'm unsure of the capacity of competition batteries, Apple claims 1000 or more recharge cycles on their batteries. This is a critical factor -- if the Apple battery is $200 (installed professionally) vs $170 (parts only), and lasts significantly longer, it becomes more interesting of a comparison. But only if it lasts longer. Also, Apple displays cycles used in system info, while finding similar information in Windows is not as easy. I know Apple is willing to replace batteries that die before their advertised cycle count is up, but I haven't heard of that behavior being common with competition. I'm not claiming that Apple is better, not at all. Heck, comparing laptops between brands is difficult anyway, considering that Apple owns the >$1000 market and it's competition does the majority of it's business in the <$1000 market. (Meaning that most of the >$1000 laptops we compare to Apple products aren't those brands' bread-and-butter big sellers, they're niche products).

betterth 14y ago

While I'm unsure of the capacity of competition batteries, Apple claims 1000 or more recharge cycles on their batteries. This is a critical factor -- if the Apple battery is $200 (installed professionally) vs $170 (parts only), and lasts significantly longer, it becomes more interesting of a comparison. But only if it lasts longer. Also, Apple displays cycles used in system info, while finding similar information in Windows is not as easy. I know Apple is willing to replace batteries that die before their advertised cycle count is up, but I haven't heard of that behavior being common with competition. I'm not claiming that Apple is better, not at all. Heck, comparing laptops between brands is difficult anyway, considering that Apple owns the >$1000 market and it's competition does the majority of it's business in the <$1000 market. (Meaning that most of the >$1000 laptops we compare to Apple products aren't those brands' bread-and-butter big sellers, they're niche products).