A little while back there were shockwaves released in the tech world when Consumer Reports did not endorse the new MacBook Pro, citing very inconsistent battery life as a main problem.

Apple took the report very seriously and, together with Consumer Reports, apparently worked things out and now the venerable customer watchdog has issued the coveted “recommended” for the latest Apple product.

Consumer Reports changes mind recommends new MacBook Pro

However…

Despite getting the recommendation, it appears there remains ..friction… between Consumer Reports and Apple.

After issuing the recommendation, and according to the article above, Consumer Reports stated the problem with the MacBook Pro’s battery life was a result of a “bug” in the programming which Apple fixed.

Apple, on the other hand, stated the following:

Consumer Reports’ testing did “not reflect real-world usage”…(and) that Consumer Reports used a “hidden Safari setting” in its testing that consumers don’t typically turn on.

Interesting, though obviously very insider-type stuff.  Both sides essentially are arguing they were in the right and the other in the wrong.  Consumer Reports blames the problem on a bug Apple missed.  Apple, on the other hand, states the problem was a Consumer Reports screw up in the way they used the laptop.

As I said, interesting.  Very interesting.

No hard feelings, right?!