The gap becomes all the wider when you look at battery life. Apple first laptop, the Macintosh Portable, lasted for 10 hours at best on a charge, and kept losing the same amount of power even when it was turned off. Contrast that with the M4 , which is rated for up to 18 hours, and will probably last longer than that if you put it to sleep. That said, there are times when any laptop owner can find themselves needing to squeeze the most out of their battery. Perhaps it rushing from flight to...