I lived through the days of 4 thousand buck laptops so getting an 1,000 cycle battery, unibody frame laptop from Apple for near 1.1K is amazing to me.

If you want long battery time be sure you are willing to PAY FOR IT! The common battery is rated at 300 cycles so daily use means you pay for a new battery every 1 to 2 years. Some don't understand this till after they used the battery and paid hundreds for the new battery and finally they learn to keep it on AC when possible.

Nod to the Acer TimelineX series for long battery times.
Bob