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New MacBook Pros With OLED Displays Coming Next Year
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I have it because I work out in the field in case I drop it I can get a cheap repair.
I sincerely hope they take a bit of inspiration from Windows and allow the OLED screen to seamlessly change profile based on work(color accuracy) or entertainment(dobly vision in movies/tv/youtube/etc.) to gaming(refresh rates based on the game's setting). And seeing that the iPad Pro 13 doesn't do this I am not holding out hope(getting green screen so dobly vision doesn't seem to work on some videos via VLC). Otherwise this OLED implementation much like the iPad Pro's OLED is just in name only.
OLED and a 2nm chip process sounds like a slick device.
My other hope is that they can continue to push the boundary of the bezels, such that we could go from 14.2" up to something like 14.6". Would also like them to switch over to a hole punch camera design. I also wonder if there will be any redesign that year, as there have been rumors about them going even thinner. On a Pro device it's not something I'm pushing for, but if they can still get 18 hours or more of battery life on the Max while slimming it down somewhat and making it lighter then I won't complain. It's pretty rare that I run the battery out, and I might end up switching to the Pro chip in the future as it seems to be plenty fast and has lots of battery life.
Realistically I probably won't upgrade for a few more years unless they do the thing I want to see the most which is a 5G modem in the MacBook Pro! That combined with larger OLED, hole punch, lighter redesign and 2nm chip will be very tempting.
My other hope is that they can continue to push the boundary of the bezels, such that we could go from 14.2" up to something like 14.6". Would also like them to switch over to a hole punch camera design. I also wonder if there will be any redesign that year, as there have been rumors about them going even thinner. On a Pro device it's not something I'm pushing for, but if they can still get 18 hours or more of battery life on the Max while slimming it down somewhat and making it lighter then I won't complain. It's pretty rare that I run the battery out, and I might end up switching to the Pro chip in the future as it seems to be plenty fast and has lots of battery life.
Realistically I probably won't upgrade for a few more years unless they do the thing I want to see the most which is a 5G modem in the MacBook Pro! That combined with larger OLED, hole punch, lighter redesign and 2nm chip will be very tempting.
Because the development speed is too slow for micro-LED while OLED is being advanced. A dual stack OLED or Tandem OLED is a great example. Since even mini-LED is too far from widely being used, OLED is the only choice.
How long did it take them to change their mind and ditch it instead of being bull headed and using it when they knew it was bad just so they didn't have to admit they were wrong.
I would accept the notches if they put the new tetraprism flattering perspective with the seamless integration of 8x photonic engine perfect for quad pixels digital zoom fusion 8 pro lenses in your pocket underneath the notches, while freezing time black magic. More intimate, more nimble and more flexible. Otherwise I don't accept it.
How long can they hold out on no touch display? I know many people will say it's not needed, not ergonomic, keep that for the iPad, macOS not optimised etc but all those arguments amount to nothing when I see my four year old nephew looking confused because nothing happened when he tried to touch a button on the screen.
Even for occasionally scrolling, pinching it would be useful.
Even for occasionally scrolling, pinching it would be useful.
And their mini-led screens are excellent, and there's zero way oled is going to be brighter like the story claims. This seems dubious for a PC to me, especially coming from a high end display!
oled usually draws more power too AFAIK...at the same brightness levels
If some of you have used an external display in day to day use, and both IPS and OLED displays so as to compare them, other than playing games (where some OLED have high refresh rate advantages), how much does OLED practically impact your enjoyment? Assuming no burn-in, do you find any drawbacks?
I'm aware the deep blacks and (IIRC?) high dynamic range advantages of OLED should improve movie watching; not sure how many MacBook Pro users do much of it on the built-in screen.
I'm aware the deep blacks and (IIRC?) high dynamic range advantages of OLED should improve movie watching; not sure how many MacBook Pro users do much of it on the built-in screen.
That doesn’t apply though to mini-LED and va panels without mini-led even can have great native contrast
And even with hdr…most OLED PC displays can’t do real hdr, though there are exceptions. I think Lenovo’s legion 7 pro supposedly can. And presumably Apple would use tech that can, but LCD tech can absolutely do HDR and a quality LCD panel can do HDR way better than the typical OLED display with fake hdr.
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I don’t think that’s the same thing. OLED isn’t necessarily better than mini-led. They both have strengths and weaknesses.