All MacBook Pros officially have an Inferior display to the iPad Pro and iPad Pro XDR

[TheRealAlex]

So I’m deciding between a M1X MacBook Pro unknown Specs. And a new iPad Pro XDR. The Display on the new XDR Pro iPad blows the MacBook Pro Display out of the water. Which got me thinking that the iPad Pro’s display currently blows away any current Displays even on the current crop of MacBook Pros.

The only device with a “Pro” Level display is the iPad Pro current gen, and next gen XDR iPad Pro.

 

[AustinIllini]

This is not news. MacBook Pro has a worse display than the last gen iPad Pro, too.

 

[ondioline]

iPads don't run MacOS. This should make your decision pretty easy

 

[UltimateSyn]

I wonder if the 2021 MBPs will get 120 Hz.. if we knew for sure they weren’t it would make my decision to go with a 12.9” iPP + iMac setup much easier.

 

[Bubble99]

This is not news. MacBook Pro has a worse display than the last gen iPad Pro, too.

Not sure what you complaining about? What is it you want a laptop to have? 4k or HDR? Such a laptop you going to have really bad battery life.

There is trade of with having such high resolution like 4k or higher.

If it is OLED you want that is not going to happen as static images get burn ins. Any thing with menu bar and dock sitting there for hours is going to get burn ins.

Where OLED is only good for movies and TV shows with picture always changing.

With internet surfing, photoshop and typing having a menu bar and dock sitting there for hours is going to get burn ins.

 

[RobbieTT]

Folks, the poster 'TheRealAlex' has form for starting trolling/speculative/click-bait/distorted-premise threads on products that he never seems to buy.

Feel free to engage with him all you like but he will gain satisfaction in drawing you down a rabbit-hole before starting a similar thread somewhere else to do the same again. Rinse and repeat.

 

[matrix07]

I wonder if the 2021 MBPs will get 120 Hz.. if we knew for sure they weren’t it would make my decision to go with a 12.9” iPP + iMac setup much easier.

This is likely. If 12.9" IPP can have XDR, 14" and 16" MBP could have one as well. I only hope the price is not through the roof.

 

[MNLondon]

I wonder if the screen of the new iPad pro can be used at full XDR resolution, when it's used in Sidecar? That would be a way use a Mac with a much better display. There's even a workaround to use an iPad with Mac Mini, so again would the Mac mini be able to use the full resolution? (I'm not an expert here, so I'd appreciate a smarter answer. )

 

[UltimateSyn]

This is likely. If 12.9" IPP can have XDR, 14" and 16" MBP could have one as well. I only hope the price is not through the roof.

Yeah, it's just that iPad Pros have had 120 Hz for five years now and that technology is still missing from the MacBooks... They haven't rushed to put that tech in anything else. I hope that changes this year since they have the power with ASi.

 

[matrix07]

Yeah, it's just that iPad Pros have had 120 Hz for five years now and that technology is still missing from the MacBooks...

Keeps in mind though that in the past 5 years MacBook Pro was using Intel chip (and Intel and AMD graphics). Now that it will be using Apple Silicon, the next generation than this 12.9" IPP as well, I can't see this NOT happening.
Beside, miniLED is just happening in Apple world. It's like stars finally aligned.

 

[portland-dude]

MR members: last week, MBP displays are uhmazing. Today: MEH *throws device*

Also, OP you are deciding between an unreleased product and something else? what? That's...not how this works.

 

[Metrosey]

I don’t expect the MacBook Pro 16 inch to have 120hz, it should but we’re unlikely to see it for a few more years yet.

 

[UltimateSyn]

I don’t expect the MacBook Pro 16 inch to have 120hz, it should but we’re unlikely to see it for a few more years yet.

I wish the leaked schematics and design documents would have specified the screen's refresh rate. I'd love to know because it affects whether I go for 12.9" iPP / iMac or 11" iPP / 16" MBP / Monitor. 60 Hz would be unacceptable IMO.