The device is the Latitude E6430, and it boasts a staggering battery life of 32.7 hours.
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Of course, an extra battery pack is required, but 32.7 hours is still more than four times longer than the MacBook Pro can hold on a single charge.
Dell achieved the feat by using nine-cell battery along with a secondary battery, or battery slice. However, the battery itself was not the only factor in its extended lifespan. The Latitude E6430 is built around Intel's dishwasher door repair power-efficient Ivy Bridge processor; Intel told PCWorld that these next-gen chips are "faster on applications home appliance service and graphics than predecessors" and can "save power through features like the ability to shut down idle cores." The 14-inch laptop also packs a solid state drive, as opposed to a typically more power-hungry spinning hard drive.
Along with the 32.7-hour battery life, the Latitude laptop can also recover 80 percent of its charge within an hour of plugging in.
The price of the business-oriented laptop has yet to be released.
