From planning to pitching, from budgeting to marketing, from training to travelling to Zoom meetings, it takes a lot of energy to run a business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But for South African businesses, there\u2019s an extra challenge on the daily agenda \u2014 finding the energy to deal with load shedding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The battle to manage and mitigate recurring power cuts can be a major drain on productivity and resources, which is why more and more businesses are turning to the light at the end of the long, dark tunnel. It\u2019s called Mac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For laptop users, the paradox of portable computing has always been the limited battery life that hampers work on the move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the new generation of Mac, supercharged with M1 and M2 chips and a revolutionary SoC (System on Chip) technology, they have finally taken the worry out of that equation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks to the integration of multiple components on a single processor, the new Macs are capable of managing and optimising battery usage at a granular level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MacBooks are equipped with rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which weigh less, last longer, and charge more efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Combined with the use of energy-efficient solid-state drives, and features such as Power Nap and Low Power Mode, today\u2019s Macs can easily outperform and outlast their PC counterparts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a series of gruelling tests earlier this year, Laptop Magazine<\/strong><\/a> rated MacBook Pro 16-inch\u201d M2 Max as best-in-class for battery life, setting an endurance record of almost 19 hours on a single charge. In second place, not far behind, was the MacBook Pro 13-inch\u201d M2, with three other MacBooks also featuring in the top 10. In Apple\u2019s own tests<\/strong><\/a>, the MacBook Pro M2 kept on going for hours and hours of uninterrupted playback of 1080p HD content, with brightness set eight clicks from the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What this means in practice, is that businesses can rely on their Macs to endure even the toughest stages of load shedding, while running even the most demanding applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet more proof that Mac can take a load off your mind, when you need to work through the day without power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n