14 Months Ago, Jason Chen from Gizmodo says (in MacBook Air 2nd Gen Review) Battery: In regular blogging use (Wi-Fi on, screen 3/4 brightness, music on, lots of web browsing and webapps), we got a respectable 2.5 hours with the Air. That's about what we got with the MacBook and MacBook Pro when they were playing back movies, something that's more taxing on the syste...

17 Months Ago, Mark Wilson from Gizmodo says (in MacBook and MacBook Pro Dual Review [Review]) In terms of other ports, the MB offers gigabit Ethernet, two USBs, mini DisplayPort, mic and headphone jack. Note the one major omission: FireWire. Even the $1000 plastic MacBook has FireWire, though in truth there isn't a lot of FW support these days beyond professional applications—ev...

And Mark Wilson from Gizmodo says (in MacBook and MacBook Pro Dual Review) As for battery life, we tested the laptops under identical operation settings playing back an H.264 movie and then a DVD movie. (Screens were set to medium brightness, Wi-Fi on and keyboard backlighting on low.)
So Who Needs The MacBook Pro over the Macbook?