Increase brightness?? Totally wrong. They can't even sustain high brightness. Higher brightness = faster burn-in + more power consumption. That's why mini-LED is way better in terms of brightness itself and this is also why most OLED monitors have low brightness.
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MacBook Pro With OLED Display Likely Still at Least Three Years Away
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I’m permanently removing the MBP from consideration if it goes OLED.
Change the resolution to a 16:10 resolution and the notch gets permanently disabled
Honestly I get it, with the Macbook Pro displays as good as they are I don't see a rush to switch to OLED.
I have the Samsung Galaxy Book3 Pro which has the AMOLED panel, and it looks amazing. To me, its just as bright as my M1 Macbook Pro and tbf, I think it looks slightly better. Ive only had it for 5 months so I can’t speak to the burnin risk.
I work with animation & video, so I have a good eye for details.
The Apple Mini-Led implementation is incredible for average use and film watching at 24fps; most importantly it doesn't suffer from burn in, which is vital for desktop/laptop use.
That said, the backlight is not fast enough to response to quick content.
I tested a 2021 16" for a few days, and I loved it, but working on any animated content on a dark background was horrendous, especially with the quite severe ghosting the panel suffered from.
On the other hand oleds are a terrible choice for using static interfaces, due to the burn in problem.
There's also the sub-pixel arrangement of oleds that makes reading text harder than LEDs.
Oddly enough my industry (animation) is one of the few areas of expertise where the good ol' humble LED is still king.
Even in large production studios, you only see classic LEDs, however quite expensive models.
My dream would be for one day for the burn-in problem and the sub-pixel arrangement issues of OLEDs to be solved, as the technology gives you the best possible image quality.
The Apple Mini-Led implementation is incredible for average use and film watching at 24fps; most importantly it doesn't suffer from burn in, which is vital for desktop/laptop use.
That said, the backlight is not fast enough to response to quick content.
I tested a 2021 16" for a few days, and I loved it, but working on any animated content on a dark background was horrendous, especially with the quite severe ghosting the panel suffered from.
On the other hand oleds are a terrible choice for using static interfaces, due to the burn in problem.
There's also the sub-pixel arrangement of oleds that makes reading text harder than LEDs.
Oddly enough my industry (animation) is one of the few areas of expertise where the good ol' humble LED is still king.
Even in large production studios, you only see classic LEDs, however quite expensive models.
My dream would be for one day for the burn-in problem and the sub-pixel arrangement issues of OLEDs to be solved, as the technology gives you the best possible image quality.
Stop with the OLED already.
Go straight for micro-LED and never look back.
Go straight for micro-LED and never look back.
That used to be true, but modern QD-OLED and WOLED with MLA can safely and reliably match MiniLED brightness.
Mini-LED provides no benefit over regular LCD for text, is what I'm saying.
Both QD-OLED and WOLED still have burn-in issues along with other issues. Beside, it's still not being used widely because of many cons. The reliability is another issue as well.
A burning hot 2020 intel MacBook Pro is on my lap as I write this, but I’m inclined to wait it out. I’ll part with my Gen 4 iPad Pro and get the OLED iPad Pro right away. That will carry me through, I hope.
That mainly shows up with dark themes and the brightness turned up, but yea, not ideal. That is the main issue with mini-LED. For white background and dark text, the mini-LED is good.
You may want to focus on getting a cool running Apple Silicon MBP and don’t worry too much about the screen tech as it doesn’t make a hole lot of difference compared to the huge difference in process performance and efficiency.
True, not to mention burn-in (although I would be quite surprised if Apple waits this long to unveil OLED products only for THAT to be an issue).
I read somewhere that Dynamic Island/Face ID may require OLED due to how the screens are cut. I would certainly be OK with a Mini LED MBP if it had Dynamic Island (w/ FaceID or not).
Just don't love that notch.
Even in an alternate reality where such a device is within reach of the commonfolk, this is false. Desktop experiences can largely lean on this, but laptops' portability puts them and their screens in their own class.Vision Pro will eliminate all future displays.
In a future where the headset has all the power and functionality of a desktop, has day-long battery life, sure. But that is 10 years away and 20 years away from being affordable.
I hate the notch, it’s ugly and is cutting off my menubar. The fact that Apple can't fit a webcam in the screen bezels like other laptop brands is frankly a bit pathetic.
Then you will be glad to choose the setting that forces the menubar down below the notch into the content area. Then the notch will sit within a black bezel just as you always wanted. You’ll have a bigger bezel and we will have a bigger screen and all will be happy!
As someone with an OLED TV with a YouTube seek bar line burned into it because I stupidly thought burn-in was solved now, I very much feel the same.