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13-inch Retina-equipped MacBook Pro bests rivals in battery life test

Published Mar 11th, 2013 6:36PM EDT
Apple Retina MacBook Pro

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If having a long-lasting battery is your most important consideration when buying a laptop, then you really don’t have much of an option besides the MacBook Pro. Which?, a renowned consumer product testing publication based in the United Kingdom, last week published the results of its most recent laptop battery life tests and found that the 13-inch Retina-equipped MacBook Pro bested rival offerings that ran on both Windows 8 and Google’s (GOOG) Chrome OS. Overall, Which? found that Apple’s (AAPL) newest 13-inch laptop delivered 388 minutes of web browsing time, or 30 minutes longer than the second-best laptop, the Windows 8-based Acer (2353) Aspire M5-581T. Other laptops studied fared significantly worse, such as the Samsung (005930) Series 3 Chromebook, which delivered 224 minutes of web browsing, and the Windows 8-based Advent Monza T 200, which delivered just 125 minutes of web browsing time.

Brad Reed
Brad Reed Staff Writer

Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.