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The 17-Inch MacBook Pro Review 
Gizmodo | by Mark Wilson | Thu, Feb 26
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The model we tested was fully loaded, with a 2.93GHz processor, 8GB RAM and 256GB SSD.
Assuming screen at half brightness, Wi-Fi on, light browsing, light word processing (so no Bluetooth but otherwise a standard configuration). 8 hours on integrated graphics, 7 hours with more beefy disc...
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