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M4 MacBook Pro Uses Quantum Dot Display Technology
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I'm intrigued, is this something I could be furious about as well?
Almost everyone is affected the only difference is how long your eyes tolerate it. PWM screens tire the eyes faster. He's an extreme case whose eyes tire the fastest with PWM, but I recommend doing an experiment. If you have access to Air (no PWM), work one day 8h on Pro and then a whole day 8h on Air.
What else can you expect when most “reviewers and testers” and the like only read off Apples spec sheets.
Imagine upgrading from another M MBP and wondering what the hell is wrong with your eyes all of a sudden.
Even better, imagine having sold your previous Mac so now you’re stuck.
Because you need M4 to let the sensor be able to calculate whether you are outside or not. M1 isnt powerful enough to do this.
Its the sole reason iPad has a calculator now.
One thing I’m learning is, the longer you keep your Apple stuff, the better your options are down the road. Last year I decided I wouldn’t get anything less than an iPhone 15 Pro, after my 11 Pro served me well.
This year I decided I wouldn’t get anything prior to the M4 MBP, should my 2017 MBP die in the next few years. Looking at what’s “possible nowadays” (2017 was a strange year) makes it worth while holding out while waiting for innovation and user feedback to do their thing.
An used M4 is probably priced Ok two years from now on
"Hello, my name is X, and this is Macbook Cinebench and Geekbench test"
Would argue base iterations are keeping their value quite well, whereas the upgraded ones would drop a bit more. "Shifts in paradigms" changes that picture somewhat, but sellers seems to pretend that isn`t the reality. Would argue there will be a split between iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro/iPhone16. For Mac Minis, there are 2 notable splits. Intels, M1/M2 and M4.One thing I’m learning is, the longer you keep your Apple stuff, the better your options are down the road. Last year I decided I wouldn’t get anything less than an iPhone 15 Pro, after my 11 Pro served me well.
This year I decided I wouldn’t get anything prior to the M4 MBP, should my 2017 MBP die in the next few years. Looking at what’s “possible nowadays” (2017 was a strange year) makes it worth while holding out while waiting for innovation and user feedback to do their thing.
An used M4 is probably priced Ok two years from now on
A base Mini M2 Pro should be a bit less worth than the base M4. About the same performance (M2pro better on graphic and have abt 2 years shorter software update period). Base M1 Max has a even shorter update period and also has somewhat better performance than the M4 Mini which is competitive on CPU, Neural and probably media engine (haven`t checked).
In my opinion, they are a quite bit overpriced in the 2nd hand market, as much as I like both M2 Pro and M1 Max, both would have to be cheaper than the new M4 Mini to trigger any sort of interest from yours truly. The intels would be interesting for running Linux, (not for me, they require USB A cables which I want to loose completely).
Agree. I've still got my M1 MBP Pro (which I plan on selling) and when I switch between my M4 and the M1 there is a noticeable difference (granted I also have the nano texture display on the M4). overall this M4 screen seems superb.
Was looking at them in the Apple Store and thought they looked better than ever. Now I know why. Wonder why Apple didn’t mention this. Weird.
I'm assuming that this is a QD film between the miniLED backlight and the colour filters in the same way that the Samsung QLED displays operated (i.e. the QD film is not producing the actual colours in a manner similar to the recent QD-OLED technology).
They would then be tied to a single producer as Samsung Display own the patents (and likely the trade secrets) on how to produce QD colour filter displays.
It didn’t move it’s always been 1000nits but it’s software locked use apps like vivid and unlock it
Genuine question: have you had your eyes tested recently?
You've taken my money already. Now just tell me how to calibrate it for on the go photo editing.
MacBook PWM is over 500 Hz, so it's generally not an issue according to Notebookcheck. Last year's model had a modulation of 14880 Hz.
Does this mean that when you shut the lid, the display is neither on nor off until you open it again?
Apple always calibrated their displays during production.