said by The Dv8or :

The biggest drawback for this is on overseas flights.

said by ArthurS :

Then fly an airline that provides power at your seat.

said by The Dv8or :

...Haroldo, not having a battery work in a laptop is a VERY big deal. If you were able to get by with just a power cord, you should have saved the cash and gotten a desktop.

said by haroldo :

It was an old iBook with Leopard, so it wasn't worth replacing, but it also wasn't worth buying a replacement battery.
The iBook rarely left the den, so it really wasn't a mobile computer.
When the display died, I bought the MacBook.
You can't pay me to use a desktop computer.

said by The Dv8or :

Which can be significantly more expensive, and many people who fly overseas do so for their company, and have no say in this. Good try, though, thanks for playing.

said by ArthurS :

If your time is soooo important that you need to work through the entire flight, then you will likely be flying business class, which increases your odds of getting seat power. 5-6 hours of battery life for work is plenty for a flight across the pond when you factor in time you will be sleeping and eating, been there, done that too many times. You can try again.

said by The Dv8or :

That's a hell of an assumption to make, and is often untrue. Many people have shit they got to get done on the plane, but the company doesn't pony up for business class. Such is life in the current economy.

said by The Dv8or :

That's a hell of an assumption to make, and is often untrue. Many people have shit they got to get done on the plane, but the company doesn't pony up for business class. Such is life in the current economy.

said by Matt :

Not only that, but not everyone flies for business. Laptops double as movie players, can play light games, etc. With WiFi being offered on flights, casual usage will increase as well. Hopefully power outlets will be offered, but I've never seen them on a domestic flight.

said by ArthurS :

I would think 5-6 hours of movie time is plenty for an overseas flight. Don't forget modern airplanes have entertainment systems as well! How many domestic flights are longer than 5-6 hours?

said by Matt :

Do you believe a modern laptop actually gets 5-6 hours while you are using it? Most reviews put the new Macbooks around 3:30 and the older Macbook at an hour less.

said by Matt :

Do you believe a modern laptop actually gets 5-6 hours while you are using it? Most reviews put the new Macbooks around 3:30 and the older Macbook at an hour less.

said by haroldo :

It was an old iBook with Leopard, so it wasn't worth replacing, but it also wasn't worth buying a replacement battery.
The iBook rarely left the den, so it really wasn't a mobile computer.
When the display died, I bought the MacBook.
You can't pay me to use a desktop computer.

said by bbarrera :

Your kidding, right? AnandTech got nearly 5 HOURS with this benchmark:

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For this benchmark I'm downloading 10GB worth of files from the net (constant writes to the drive), browsing the web (same test as the first one) and watching the first two episodes of Firefly encoded in a 480p XviD format (Quicktime is set to loop the content until the system dies).

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So 5 hours of serious computing, and 8 hours of web surfing. Go see for yourself:
»www.anandtech.com/mac/showdoc.as···3580&p=4

said by r81984 :

Replacement batteries for laptops are around 50 to 80 bucks, why is it not worth replacing?

said by Matt :

Who's going to reduce the screen brightness to 50% unless you're flying at night? Not to mention usage in the airport. Let's be realistic here. The new Macbooks make GREAT strides in battery life, but they are still nowhere near the claimed life. This is not exclusive to Apple, all laptop makers lie about it.

»gizmodo.com/5287179/macbook-pro-2009-review

said by ArthurS :

Then fly an airline that provides power at your seat.