Consumer Reports now recommends MacBook Pros

In its earlier tests, Consumer Reports cited  battery life results that ranged between 3.75 hours and 19.5 hours. With the updated software, Consumer Report says all  three #MacBook Pros in the company’s labs performed well, with one model running 18.75 hours on a charge. The computers were tested multiple times.

Apple’s updated software is available now through Apple’s Beta Software Program, and will be rolled out in a full Software Update to all users in several weeks. Apple says the new software fixes a bug inside Safari settings that caused the poor battery-life results in Consumer Reports testing. Earlier this week, Apple said that the setting in question is not “used by customers, and does not reflect real-world usage.”
A Consumer Reports recommendation carries considerable weight with some prospective buyers so the latest results have to cheer the gang in Cupertino.