Apple removes Macbook Pro’s battery indicator

Have faith in our marketing claims

The fruity tax-dodging cargo cult Apple has a novel way of stopping its users from finding out the truth about its bogus marketing claims about battery life – it has stripped the iOS from any method of measuring it.

Apple has been getting it in the neck lately as users have been complaining that its marketing for the MacBook Pro is rubbish. Apple claims that the MacBook Pro has a 10 hour battery life – something that users have been disagreeing with.

Jobs’ Mob answer to those problems is to remove the “time remaining” indicator from the battery icon in the menu bar with the latest update. You can still see the image on the top of the screen, and you can see the percentage, but you will no longer be able to see how much time is remaining before your battery dies.

Apple claims that after extensive testing, Macbooks were getting the 10 hours it claimed, but the battery indicator was not accurate. Removing it will stop users worrying about their battery life and they will come instead to place their faith in Apple marketing rather than the electronic equipment Apple provides. Then there shall be peace throughout the land.

It gets confusing however because Apple still cannot admit that its indicator is wrong. It is insisting that it is accurate but users are reading it wrong.

Apparently “the dynamic ways we use the computer, the time remaining indicator couldn’t accurately keep up with what users were doing. Everything we do on the MacBook affects battery life in different ways and not having an accurate indicator is confusing”.

Yeah, the phrase FFS springs to mind. It is increasingly difficult to find any compelling reason to get the MacBook Pro. Not only is it expensive, has an out-of-date chip, and no keys, it now requires you to guess how much battery you have left.