MacBook Pro with 60% extended battery life

A new battery technology is revealed by Apple today, which Apple claims would improve 17″ MacBook Pro’s battery life by 60%. The new battery can last up to 8 hours on a charge. Apple uses a chip inside the battery that communicates with each cell to make adjustments to the current for each cell. The battery last three times longer than the industry standard. Apple also makes the recycling of the batteries easier by the take-back program.