MacBook base M1 with OLED

[arian71]

I hope Apple release a OLED MacBook base level with a M1 chip for us safari users, 20+ hours battery life , the same size as MacBook Pro m1

 

[contacos]

Not going to happen anytime soon

 

[Janichsan]

Why should Apple release a "base level" Macbook with OLED when they chose to equip the higher level MBPs with cheaper Mini-LED displays?

 

[arian71]

Why should Apple release a "base level" Macbook with OLED when they chose to equip the higher level MBPs with cheaper Mini-LED displays?

there is still a market for 1400-1500 pounds apple laptop. not every future MacBook will start from 2000 paunds.
still believe the majority buy MacBook for general use

 

[haruhiko]

Haha imagine the threads on MacRumors forums if an OLED screen is equipped on any MacBooks:

- Caution: OLED causes Image retention!!
- New MacBook screen is crap because OLED
- Why I’m returning my MacBook (hint: OLED)
- Why you should have 64GB RAM with an OLED screen
- Why you don’t need 64GB RAM with OLED
- Apple, give me back my mini-LED screen!
- OLED max brightness is disappointing

 

[ASX]

I wouldn't touch an apple notebook with 1 year warranty with an oled panel . It's insane if this laptop has not 5 years warranty for burn in aka permanent image rentention. I would use an oled laptop only from time to time for movie watching. But never for work. You get paranoid about static images and avoiding them.

As haruhiko said oled is very dimm and has abl because the oleds are degenerating much faster with increased heat caused by higher brightness. At full white, oled has only ~130 - 150 nits sustained brightness.

 

[haruhiko]

I wouldn't touch an apple notebook with 1 year warranty with an oled panel . It's insane if this laptop has not 5 years warranty for burn in aka permanent image rentention. I would use an oled laptop only from time to time for movie watching. But never for work. You get paranoid about static images and avoiding them.

As haruhiko said oled is very dimm and has abl because the oleds are degenerating much faster with increased heat caused by higher brightness. At full white, oled has only ~130 - 150 nits sustained brightness.

For a TV it may be fine since usually you just watch it a few hours a day at most. For a laptop especially for one that you use for professional work, it’s not uncommon for the screen to be on for 8-10 hours or even more. OLED degradation or burn in may really be an issue due to the static elements on screen.

 

[ASX]

Not "may" it is. What i have heared about burn in, it's burning in below 1000 hours usage of static images at the same place (pixel shift is only smearing the burn in a little bit). A lcd is living 30 times longer minimum.

@Janichsan

I doubt oled is higher priced.

The Samsung, 14", 2880 x 1800. 90 hz, 600 nits peak brightness (hdr), amoled panels is used for 799 US Dollar (msrp) notebooks with AMD hexa core gpu (5600h and RTX 3050). It must be pretty cheap.

 

[Janichsan]

@Janichsan

I doubt oled is higher priced.

The Samsung, 14", 2880 x 1800. 90 hz, 600 nits peak brightness (hdr), amoled panels is used for 799 US Dollar (msrp) notebooks with AMD hexa core gpu (5600h and RTX 3050). It must be pretty cheap.

I would be interested where you got this price from, as the cheapest notebook I could find roughly matching this description with the Samsung panel is the Asus Zenbook 14X, which starts at $1400 and does not have an RTX 3050. There isn't even any notebook with that GPU with a price that low, regardless of the display.

OLED panels usually cost something like 20-40 % more than Mini LED panels of the same size and resolution.

 

[ASX]

Asus Vivobook Pro 14

 

[Janichsan]

Asus Vivobook Pro 14

Okay, that's a new one. I wondering what Asus' profit margin here is.

Anyway, once they are available, keep an eye on the ProArt Studiobook 16, which will be available in otherwise identical versions with and without OLED screen to give you an idea on the premium you pay for OLED.

 

[Xand&Roby]

:|

 

[ASX]

@Janichsan

It's a ProArt is always more expensive. Does not mena it has better quality. PA32UCG for 5500 Euros has still dust inside the panel (very common for AUO crap panels), bad uniformity, and pixel failures.