Marco @ CSUS

Well, this is from a personal experience: I purchased a 2TB 4GB Top of the line GPU, 16GB machine for our department here. In one day while installing software I had to recharge the battery twice as it only lasted about 3.5 -4 hours each time. Upon calling Apple they logged in via icloud screen share and concluded correctly that the battery was in fact only lasting about 3.5 hours as they actually watched as every 2-3 min it would drain 1%. They asked me to return it as a DOA device. I think they do have a problem with batteries (as many other apple threads show) and I think CR simply exacerbated the problem with their browser tests. It will be interesting to see if Apple ever admit publicly that they have an issue with some macbook pro batteries.