In other words, a similar battery life rating as other Ivy Bridge Windows 8 Ultrabooks, except this time, there are a lot more pixels to light up.

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With a 13.3-inch diagonal widescreen display, the laptop has a starting weight of just three pounds4, measures about one inch thin and features a premium raised tile keyboard and a long battery life rating.

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Between that bigger cell and new chipset, Acer is rating the battery life at seven hours, which, if true, would correct one of the OG model's biggest shortcomings.

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