In a first for MacBooks, Consumer Reports won't recommend 2016 MacBook Pros after testing reveals inconsistent battery life
here's why Bogdan Popa / Softpedia News : Apple's MacBook Suffering from Battery Inconsistency, Loses Top Recommendation Oscar Raymundo / Macworld : MacBook Pro is the first Apple laptop to lack a recommendation from Consumer Reports Rajesh Pandey / iPhone Hacks : Phill Schiller: Apple Working with Consumer Reports to ‘Understand’ Their MacBook Pro Battery Tests Husain Sumra / MacRumors : Phil Schiller: Apple Working With Consumer Reports to Understand MacBook Pro Battery Test Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider : Apple working with Consumer Reports on MacBook Pro battery findings, says Phil Schiller Brian Heater / TechCrunch : Phil Schiller says Apple is working with Consumer Reports in wake of MacBook Pro battery issues Gary Ng / iPhone in Canada Blog : Apple Working with Consumer Reports to “Understand” Their MacBook Pro Battery Tests David Goldman / CNNMoney : Consumer Reports: Don't buy the new MacBook Pro Joel Hruska / ExtremeTech : Apple's new MacBook Pro is the first MacBook Consumer Reports won't recommend Iain Thomson / The Register : Spotty battery life costs Apple's MacBook Pro its gold-star rating John Gruber / Daring Fireball : Rene Ritchie on Consumer Reports's MacBook Pro Testing Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post : MacBook Pro buyers freaking out about battery life may want to try this tip Socialnomics : New Bionic Eye Could Allow the Blind to See Mike Murphy / Quartz : The new MacBook Pros are the first ones Consumer Reports isn't recommending Aaron Pressman / Fortune : Here's Why You Should Wait a Year for the New MacBook Pro Bruno Ferreira / The Tech Report : Consumer Reports pans MacBook Pro over battery life issues William Turton / Gizmodo : Apple's MacBook Pro Battery Problems Are Getting Embarrassing Michael Tsai : Consumer Reports on the New MacBook Pro's Battery Life Killian Bell / TechnoBuffalo : Consumer Reports won't recommend new MacBook Pros due to battery life Chris Barylick / O'Grady's PowerPage : Consumer Reports cites varying battery performance on 2016 MacBook Pros, holds back recommendation on new notebooks Ina Fried / Recode : In a first, Consumer Reports won't recommend Apple's newest MacBook Pros over battery issues Rob Thubron / TechSpot : Apple's new MacBook Pros fail to receive Consumer Reports' recommended rating for the first time Philip Elmer-DeWitt : MacBook Pro: The Consumer Reports fiasco Mark Wilson / BetaNews : Major battery life concerns mean Consumer Reports does not recommend the new MacBook Pro MacDailyNews : Consumer Reports says do not buy Apple's new MacBook Pro, citing erratic battery life Jon Swartz / USA Today : It's not just you: ‘Consumer Reports’ has battery problems with new MacBook Pro Peter O'Kelly / Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check : In a first, Consumer Reports won't recommend Apple's newest MacBook Pros over battery issues - Recode Jack Purcher / Patently Apple : Apple's MacBook Pro gets Two Thumbs Down from Consumers Reports and Gets No Respect Lewis Wallace / Cult of Mac : Consumer Reports slams new MacBook Pros' terrible battery life Mark Coppock / Digital Trends : Apple's Phil Schiller wants to ‘understand’ MacBook Pro battery issues The Wirecutter / Engadget : The Wirecutter's best deals: UE's Boom 2 Bluetooth speaker drops to $130 Ed Carson / Investor's Business Daily : Apple's New MacBook Pro Has ‘Inconsistent’ Batteries: Report Shawn King / The Loop : Consumer Reports has battery problems with new MacBook Pro Tweets: Philip Schiller / @pschiller : Working with CR to understand their battery tests. Results do not match our extensive lab tests or field data. http://www.imore.com/... @stevesi : Really, @imore should not be talking about patches and suggesting test configuration issues. http://www.imore.com/... Walt Mossberg / @waltmossberg : I said the same thing: Consumer Reports won't recommend the new MacBook Pros over battery inconsistency. http://www.recode.net/... via @Recode http://twitter.com/... Mike Murphy / @mcwm : My new 13-inch MBP is getting about 5 hours of charge http://qz.com/871368/ http://twitter.com/... Dieter Bohn / @backlon : .@jake_k's battery tests for @verge review were wildly inconsistent, enough that apple sent a 2nd unit. Same results http://www.consumerreports.org/ ... Matthew Panzarino / @panzer : Apple hasn't given me anything on this, but I've had folks in know tell me that big data scoop (all MBP users) is NOT showing these results. Peter Steinberger / @steipete : Conclusion: Safari has some 100% CPU bug that caused troubles? “If we use Chrome all is well” http://www.consumerreports.org/ ... David Ruddock / @rdr0b11 : http://www.consumerreports.org/ ... current status of the Mac team http://twitter.com/... Paul Haddad / @tapbot_paul : #MacBookProBatteryLifeGate I still can't quite get a feel if its a pure software problem or just bad hardware. http://www.consumerreports.org/ ... CP Digital Darkroom / @cpdigdarkroom : The battery issue is silly for Apple to keep saying it doesn't exist. Instead they disable the time-remaining indicator LMFAO what a joke http://twitter.com/... Mike Rundle / @flyosity : What?? This is insane. There's something deeply broken with the new MacBook Pro batteries. http://www.consumerreports.org/ ... http://twitter.com/... A Walking Man / @craigmod : How will this not turn into a class action lawsuit? We've all been lied to on the battery claims: http://www.consumerreports.org/ ...