That would be TWO all-new displays and is way more than the folks at Apple can handle in one generation!
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
OLED Display Coming to M6 Pro/Max MacBook Pro, Not Base M6 Model
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Rumour has it it may feature a touchscreen (as we all read). IMO that rumour will be proven incorrect.
I may end up upgrading to the M5 Pro (whenever it comes out), and skip the OLED/Touchscreen non-sense.
Touch makes zero sense to add a touchscreen on a non-touch UI. The MacBook is not an iPad.
Touch makes zero sense to add a touchscreen on a non-touch UI. The MacBook is not an iPad.
Touchscreens on a Mac make me nervous. I hope they give options to spec without at a lower base price.
I don't care about a touch screen... A $2500 "Pro" computer should not have a pathetic 512GB SSD in 2025.
"while the base 14-inch M6 MacBook Pro will continue to feature a mini-LED based screen"
Thank goodness they kept one laptop with a LED screen. This will be the one to get.
Thank goodness they kept one laptop with a LED screen. This will be the one to get.
I would like to see one additional USB-C port! These USB hubs are a nightmare.
Yeah agree, I'll upgrade as soon as they release the M5 Pro/Max soon. I'm imagining the touchscreen will be a little bit of a gimmick. Just like that Touch Bar (which came and went).
If you're really pro you probably don't want to lift your whole arm to interact with UI elements.... instead preferring shortcuts and smaller movements to get the job done. Also... fingerprints on screen 🙄
we’ve been reading this article for 10 years now lol.
I had a Dell Inspiron all-in-one in 2009 with a touchscreen, and the first thing I did was disable the touch display, because every time a fly landed on the screen, it hit the “red cross” and closed all my programs.
Touch screen will be useful if we can draw on things during talks. I don't know how many talks other people give. But I'd love to able to annotate on-going Powerpoint presentations using my fingers, circling parts of a slide, underlining relevant text in response to questions, adding brief content, e.g. a reformulated equation, marking something with a question mark so I can return to it later, etc. Always wanted this functionality.
And we can turn off the touch sensitivity when we don't need it.
And we can turn off the touch sensitivity when we don't need it.
I find it curious that Apple decided to split up the launch of the base M5 14-inch MacBook Pro and the M5 Pro/Max 14-inch and 16-inch models. They did it with M1 and M2 mainly due to Apple's plans of sunsetting the Touch Bar 13-inch design. Them splitting it again (after not doing so with M3 and M4) would seem to heavily imply that either (a) there will be a significant marketing difference between the M5 14-inch MacBook Pro and the M5 Pro/Max models of 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro OR (b) there are delays in the production of said M5 Pro/Max SoCs or MacBook Pros.
I know the current hot-take rumor is that M6 will mark the new design generation. But, I'm honestly wondering if the real marker will be the 2026 calendar year and not the M6 family...
I know the current hot-take rumor is that M6 will mark the new design generation. But, I'm honestly wondering if the real marker will be the 2026 calendar year and not the M6 family...
Exactly, the way we use laptops isn’t ergonomic for a touchscreen. Arm ache fatigue will be real!
Last edited:
Actually, I plan on getting the M5 Max generation specifically because I don't want OLED. (In addition to the redesigned RT cores being very relevant for my use case.) OLED panels degrade and suffer burn-in (particularly in laptop/desktop settings). These OLED MBPs will not age nearly as well as Macs always have. Mini-LED - what Apple has used in MBPs since the M1 - is a fantastic technology for laptops, and offers most of the same benefits as OLED but with none of the downsides.
I suspect this change is being driven by 1) thinness, 2) cost (mini-LED displays are expensive) and 3) marketing - everyone thinks OLED is great for some reason.
Guess i'm holding on to my M1 Pro for a few more years then
Still vastly overpowered for my use, was planning on switching to the base chip/model for the increased battery life but I won't without OLED/Micro-led/improved display.
The addition of Quantum Dots on the M4 Pro onward was nice but not nearly enticing enough of an upgrade.
Still vastly overpowered for my use, was planning on switching to the base chip/model for the increased battery life but I won't without OLED/Micro-led/improved display.
The addition of Quantum Dots on the M4 Pro onward was nice but not nearly enticing enough of an upgrade.
Last edited:
Of course. M6 Pro will be $350 more expensive than M5 Pro and M6 will be $100 cheaper than the M6 pro.
If we assume Apple would be updating the MBPs to the same tandem OLED panels that the iPad Pros were updated to recently then that would put them on parity with the mini LED MBPs in terms of display brightness. The big difference will be less blooming with tandem OLED in high contrast scenarios vs mini LED.
Macrumors is late on this article, it got published yesterday by many others news website... anyways I say lol to this MacBook Pro cause it's an extra reason to keep my current Mac !