Apple Releases Fix to MacBook Pros in Response to Consumer Reports' Battery Test

[edenorchestra]

Apple Releases Fix to MacBook Pros in Response to Consumer Reports' Battery Test Results

From Consumer Reports.org

http://www.consumerreports.org/appl...nse-to-consumer-reports-battery-test-results/

 

[iBrooker]

Thanks for the update

 

[edenorchestra]

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

 

[mds1256]

Don't expect this to fix the majority of users battery issues, this was a software bug that only affects a very very small percentage of users (who disables web caching in Safari).

 

[leman]

Don't expect this to fix the majority of users battery issues, this was a software bug that only affects a very very small percentage of users (who disables web caching in Safari).

You mean "nobody"

 

[faxe]

the fix has no impact at all for normal usage of the mbp.

 

[monkeydax]

But this test can somewhat objectively and scientifically test if the new MBPs batteries hold up well.

 

[WhiteWhaleHolyGrail]

So Apple patched a bug specific to CR's battery tests.

Yay.

 

[evec]

Apple Solution:
Turn on the cache and reload the some page on cache meet of battery performance.

Mean that:
Test of car petrol usage by just go to supermarket take once, come home, pick grocery down, pick it in car, drive the car around our house N time, and count the car can go around supermarket N times.

 

[maflynn]

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