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Lone Deranger

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So the new MBP's haver better displays. Wide Gamut and what not. Great. But... what about the picture sent to the display? Are the new MBPs running the latest version of Sierra capable of handling and displaying a 10 bit per channel picture (instead of 8-bit)? Windows running on the correct hardware has been capable of this for quite a few years now, but on the Mac, even when connecting up 10-bpc displays like the Eizo CG ColorEdge, the stick in the mud has always been the software. ie. There has never been adequate support inside OSX to fully support 10bpc signals. (Another sign Apple has been ignoring the professionals).
 
OS X 10.12/iOS 10 have probably the best wide-color support of all the OSes out there. The APIs have been extended to seamlessly support extended colours on all levels. I would be fairly surprised if the display is not 10bpc.
 
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