New 15-Inch MacBook Pro features 7-Hour Battery Life, SD card slot |
Today Apple announced new MacBook Pro models with the same upgraded, 7-hour battery life as the 17-inch MacBook Pro, more memory, a processor upgrade, and storage, as well as an SD-card slot. They are shipping today.
According to Apple, the battery will last 5 years or 1,000 recharges since it’s non-removable. The base model features a 3.06 GHz Dual Core Intel processor, 4GB of memory, a 250GB 5400rpm HDD, and an upgraded display at $1,699. That’s $300 less than the current model. If you want to upgrade to a 2.66GHz processor with a 320GB hard drive, that’ll cost you $1,999, while the 2.8GHz model with a 500GB hard drive will hit at $2,299.
Looking for a PMP with a long battery life? You might want to check out the Sonix7 Media Pro. The PMP features a 3.2-inch touchscreen display with an impressive 20-hours of video playback on just one charge. But that isn’t the only trick it does. 
The Aspire Timeline notebooks manage to get 8-10 hours of battery life and they start at just $699. It accomplishes this through Intel’s ultra-low voltage processors, LED-backlit screens and dual graphics cards. Apparently you’ll get 8 hours with a regular hard drive, and 10 with an SSD. 
You want a PMP that can go the distance. I hear ya. Charging is for suckers. Why can’t they give you a PMP that has a battery with some real endurance? Looks like Samsung is doing just that. They’ve introduced a newcomer that promises 50 hours of audio playback on a single charge. Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about.
