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Apple says hidden Safari setting led to flawed Consumer Reports MacBook Pro battery tests
There are a lot of complaints about this methodology in these comments, but my question is how would this differ from testing straight out of the box? On first test, the browser cache would not yet be populated and on subsequent tests it would, meaning they would see inconsistent results between 1st test and all later tests. They helped uncover a bug that would affect all Safari users until they had used the system enough that they regularly used the browser cache. Apple merely pointed out a work-around that would help them get consistent results.
This shows the benefits of them working together - once the Safari bugfix is released to the general public, we can all expect better performance from these systems.