New Macbook Pro battery has less juice than old one

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File this in the "not how things usually go" department. It seems the rechargeable battery in the new Macbook Pro has sixteen percent less battery power than it’s older, clunkier cousin. This goes against the natural order of things! Everything in the world of computing has to always advance in a straight line up, except for Nintendo products.

The old battery was rated at 5600mAh/60Wh, but the new ones are rated at 4700mAh/50Wh. This will affect real world performance and probably increase your need to replace the things in the future. Kind of a bummer.