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New Macbook 13 has longer batterylife than MBP 13?

fibrizo

fibrizo

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I was just reading the review at Gizmodo

Gizmodo

And the battery life while playing h264 video is significantly longer?
The battery is the same 60wh...

Also the performance is near par with the high end 2.53 model?

What kind of voodoo went into this?
 
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kryptonianjorel

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fibrizo said:
I was just reading the review at Gizmodo

Gizmodo

And the battery life while playing h264 video is significantly longer?
The battery is the same 60wh...

Also the performance is near par with the high end 2.53 model?

What kind of voodoo went into this?
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Uh, less power requiring parts? a dimmer screen?
 
fibrizo

fibrizo

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kryptonianjorel said:
Uh, less power requiring parts? a dimmer screen?
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I'm not sure the screen is dimmer. And part wise, it's the same as the MBP 13, especially because they test with the key lights off... So they either made some big changes in hardware or power management for having the same specs.
 
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fibrizo said:
I was just reading the review at Gizmodo

Gizmodo

And the battery life while playing h264 video is significantly longer?
The battery is the same 60wh...

Also the performance is near par with the high end 2.53 model?

What kind of voodoo went into this?
Click to expand...

Leopard tested on the MBP, Snow Leopard on the MB accounts for the small difference in performance scores.

fibrizo said:
I'm not sure the screen is dimmer. And part wise, it's the same as the MBP 13, especially because they test with the key lights off... So they either made some big changes in hardware or power management for having the same specs.
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No it's not:

Gizmodo:
They also have a really similar LED backlit display, which eliminates the problem of narrowed viewing angles that we docked the first generation unibody MacBooks for, and both now have the same contrast ratio. The only difference is that the Pro has a 60% greater color gamut.
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