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MacBook Pro OLED Display Production Clears Key Hurdle

I don't know why OLED should make this suddenly super expensive. It's pretty standard on most tablets and windows laptops and 4k gaming monitors for many years now. If Apple use this as a reason to bump the price up, then it's a bit greedy of them.

Burn in will happen on OLEDs no matter what, it's not and if it will happen, it's a matter of when? But probably looking at 7 years, so more than enough for most people to swap out or trade in.

Dell have been using tandem OLED touch screens for sometime and reports say it uses more battery than their LCD version - read into that as you may.

I just don't this OLED is a major plus on the MacBook Pros. I would rather an ultra version with liquid cooling.
 
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Non-Euclidean said:
Not sure about that. The article doesn't say OLED touchscreen. So these might be non-touchscreen OLED displays.

Or was it stated that the all OLED MBP screens would be touchscreens?
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Paragraph 5 of the article says touchscreen. I hope they aren't. Significant changes to the interactions for macOS will need to be accommodated, which is bound to have knock on effects, even for those not using the functionality.
 
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People are gonna take out 2nd mortgages for this thing and then blame the Boomers.

"And it starts at just $3999.99 for the 8GB RAM/64GB storage model. Charger not included."
 
ngextreme said:
I don't know why OLED should make this suddenly super expensive. It's pretty standard on most tablets and windows laptops and 4k gaming monitors for many years now. If Apple use this as a reason to bump the price up, then it's a bit greedy of them.

Burn in will happen on OLEDs no matter what, it's not and if it will happen, it's a matter of when? But probably looking at 7 years, so more than enough for most people to swap out or trade in.

Dell have been using tandem OLED touch screens for sometime and reports say it uses more battery than their LCD version - read into that as you may.

I just don't this OLED is a major plus on the MacBook Pros. I would rather an ultra version with liquid cooling.
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Apple is S-Tier at withholding mature technology at the mid-range to inflate the price of said mature technology at the high range. See: iPhone refresh rates.
 
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Burn in concerns? Easy. BRING. BACK. AFTER. DARK.
If you've been around for a while, you know. Flying Toasters can definitely make a comeback.

Also, if there's a notch, I'm not interested no matter how good this display is.
 
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My 16" M4 Max MacBook Pro (128GB Ram, nano display and 8TB SSD) cost almost as much as my M1 Ultra Mac Studio with the same amount of ram and SSD size. The laptop's numbers is some areas exceeds those of the Studio. The single core speed in the laptop is significantly faster than the M1 series single chip's speed this making most simple daily things much faster than the Studio. The multi-core Photoshop operations seem to be comparable.

We know Apple must not have been to proud of the M1 Ultra because the over $7,000 purchase price depreciated to $1,200 in less than a year. But then the refurbs were priced at over $6,000.

The Mac Studio has become the top dog in the Apple kennel now. Before the crunch on memory, the recent model with M3 Ultra could cost well into the teens thousands for the loaded machine. That was the price range of the discontinued "Tower" that had all kinds of slots and memory flexibility back in the day. Putting a "M" processor with all the flexible connectivity removed into that chassis killed the product.

I doubt that a M5 Ultra Mac Studio base model will be under $10,000 and the sky is the limit at the other end.

A Ferrari is a great very expensive car, but not a great commuter car for stop and go traffic. For the average user, a fully loaded new top end machine is more about bragging rights on how much money they can spend than the need for maximum performance.

We silver haired folk with years in the industry loved a DEC PDP-11/73 maxed out with 2GB of ram. It could support up to 64 users based upon the operating system.
 
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triumvirate said:
They will be beautiful machines but any price increase will be hard to justify in today’s economy. People who need the Pro will keep buying it, of course, but many casual users also buy the Pro… but how long will that go on with the endless price hikes? I left that MacBook Pro train this year and the money saved was pretty nice, and I easily had the extra $ to stick with the Pro.

Edit: I forget that “buy now, pay later” traps are all the new rage. People might Klarna it to death for more debt.
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Excellent comments! We just need to buy a laptop based on what we need to do in daily life. I have to admit Fear Of Missing Out(FOMO) of top Apple Products hitting me often ☺️but I do my best defeating it by looking what I will do with the products to my daily life. For example, I am looking forward for iPhone Ultra or foldable to have only 1 device functioning as a mini tablet and phone. I rarely use my iPad. For me, consolidating iPad and iPhone to 1 device is excellent for simple maintenance and usage.
 
I personally would not want to acquire the first generation "folding iPhone" by whatever name they use. Once the public gets their hands on it, we will find out real world results with the hitch design. Real users will most likely not "baby" the device, but abuse it more than Apple might think.

Obviously, if the cautious buyer includes Apple Care and continues to pay the premium, Apple would have to repair or replace as long as they accept the premiums.
 
ngextreme said:
I don't know why OLED should make this suddenly super expensive. It's pretty standard on most tablets and windows laptops and 4k gaming monitors for many years now. If Apple use this as a reason to bump the price up, then it's a bit greedy of them.
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The question at the beginning is answered at the end.

Apple will raise the prices for OLED "because they can".
 
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I am still confused why we need this when the miniLED displays on the MacBook Pros already have ProMotion and handle HDR at up to 1600 nits. Plus miniLED does not have the same potential burn-in issues.
 
Does this product get redesign if not this product will be DOA especially when greedy @$$ Apple believe price will be start $1999
 
I would prefer to see them do an ultra range - eg stick these screens etc on the Air also and pay a premium for it. I am sure there will be a lot of customers for that, who dont want or need the heavier pro but need the screen quality.

Same with the pro machines - not everyone needs a pro with all the bells and whistles and having to pay a fortune for things they dont need.

For my ideal set up, it would be a M5/6 mac studio ultra, and air with the ultra screen otherwise I will be getting the mac mini and a maxed out Macbookpro Ultra.
 
ngextreme said:
I don't know why OLED should make this suddenly super expensive. It's pretty standard on most tablets and windows laptops and 4k gaming monitors for many years now. If Apple use this as a reason to bump the price up, then it's a bit greedy of them.

Burn in will happen on OLEDs no matter what, it's not and if it will happen, it's a matter of when? But probably looking at 7 years, so more than enough for most people to swap out or trade in.

Dell have been using tandem OLED touch screens for sometime and reports say it uses more battery than their LCD version - read into that as you may.

I just don't this OLED is a major plus on the MacBook Pros. I would rather an ultra version with liquid cooling.
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No matter what? I have an oled tv, oled watch, oled phone, oled iPad. Never once seen burn in
 
Scott Baret said:
Burn in concerns? Easy. BRING. BACK. AFTER. DARK.
If you've been around for a while, you know. Flying Toasters can definitely make a comeback.

Also, if there's a notch, I'm not interested no matter how good this display is.
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Get a like as I remember those toasters with wings, like they had all drunk Red Bull lol....
 
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