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New 14-Inch and 16-Inch MacBook Pros Feature 20% Brighter Displays
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I wonder how much I can trade in my 14' M1 Pro for at Apple. With the M3 at $1,500 and a $900 gift card. I might get one!
Apple is straight up lying saying that 600nits is 20% brighter than 500 nits. That’s just not true as light does not increase linearly, but according to a power law.
It’s actually about 5% brighter, and it’s unlikely that anyone is a normally lit room could tell the difference between 500 and 600 nits.
It’s actually about 5% brighter, and it’s unlikely that anyone is a normally lit room could tell the difference between 500 and 600 nits.
I really like using my 16” MBP at about 800 to 1000 nits using Vivid. Content looks absolutely amazing, like it’s practically leaping off the screen. It’s hard to understand if you haven’t witnessed it firsthand. It’s a real game changer.
pre-recorded advertisements prevent the audience from booing (and throwing rotten apples to) the speaker for releasing more expensive 8gb products.
steve jobs, or anybody else, would have hung his face in shame if they had shown this in person.
steve jobs, or anybody else, would have hung his face in shame if they had shown this in person.
Not great? The M2 series added wifi 6E, the first upgrade to MBP Wifi speeds in a decade, plus HDMI 2.1 finally enabling the use of 8K displays (and 4K at beyond 60 Hz aka Promotion).
Then less than a year later, new models that included those benefits plus increasing the performance core count for the first time since the inception of ASi and M1 Pro, massively increasing performance cores by 50% to 12. That will be an incredible boon to multithreaded performance on top of the existing performance benefits of 3nm. For the first time, CPU-bound workloads will finally benefit from the Mx Max upgrade.
I have many friends with blue eyes and when they see my iPhone cranked up to 1000 nits SDR, not only do they not complain, but rather they frequently comment on how amazing and “real” the display looks.
You are aware that the human eye adjusts the aperture of the pupil in order to adjust how much light enters, yes? Ambient daylight is around 30,000 nits, so I’m not sure how people are able to function outdoors with such an affliction.
On a bright sunny day when sitting near a window I might need 80% brightness, but in home/office environments I have always used my displays with brightness well below half. Tonight my iMac brightness is set to 1 bar (out of 16).
1600 nits is nothing. You need 3000 nits to use displays in direct sunlight.
I have tested this with my Apple Watch Ultra 2 (3000 nits) against my M1 iPad Pro (1600 nits) and the difference was huge. With 3000 nits, the display looks the same under sunlight like under regular light conditions.
Is there any downside besides battery life? Does it risk shortening the life of the display?
Battery life is definitely shorter but it makes working outside an absolute joy. Doubtful on it shortening life of the display. Who’s to say someone doesn’t enjoy watching HDR movies all day? Functionally that would be the same as what betterdisplay is doing.
It is not lying. In nits, the screen measures 20% brighter. Nits are a common and acceptable measurement for brightness. It is not the only way to measure brightness, but it is among the most common for screens. Perception, complexities in objective brightness, and how easy it is to tell the difference are a separate matter.
Brighter displays and a brighter sticker price of 7k here in Australia for the highest m3 max config. I am hanging onto my 2021 space grey M1 Max model for as long as i can.
I will miss space grey when i will be forced to upgrade, firstly that space black will a finger and scratch magnet.
I will miss space grey when i will be forced to upgrade, firstly that space black will a finger and scratch magnet.
That would be a very dumb thing to do. You would be losing half of your ram if you go with the base model.
sounds like my 16 inch M1 pro will be good for another 1-2 years.
One thing to increase via dedicated app, totally another story when it’s implemented on a hardware level!
2 months away from 2024 and the new MacBook Pro still has 8GB RAM in base config.
I think the saying "I just...can't" gets overused but this is one of those times I can't. I truly can't.
I think the saying "I just...can't" gets overused but this is one of those times I can't. I truly can't.
Another software scam, the app vivid allows 1600nits using software, they could do a firmware upgrade to add brightness on older ones, but they use this as a feature, its not