OLED iPad Pros, MacBook Pros, MacBook Airs to Launch in That Order

[MandalDK]

Well, there is a lot of static elements on the MacOS display. E.g. the dock, menubar etc.
How are they avoiding burn in? Its the biggest drawback with OLED and on macs that often has a lot of static window-elements on screen for hours at a time, I recon it needs special attention to avoid.

 

[sideshowuniqueuser]

It looks like I will keep using my M1 Max MacBook Pro until the OLED MacBook Pro lineup is ready for launch. I can't wait for the big launch of the M5/M6 Max MacBook Pro with an OLED screen.

I'll be more excited when micro-LED comes.

 

[ChedNasad]

It will be exciting when the Macbook Air gets a better screen. Might go that route when it does but for now very happy with the 14 inch Macbook Pro. I don't even know that I want OLED over the mini LED with how good it is 🤔

 

[Elohim369]

I've been following developments in OLED technology for a while. The technical press tells a completely different story than the popular press and advertising. No one has solved the burn-in problem, especially for blue LEDs. Over the past ten years, there have been enormous advances in understanding the burn-in problem, but no practical mitigations. So OLED is suitable for TV and some kinds of games, but not for desktop/laptop use.
As one commenter pointed out in a different forum, "The industry is really excited to fix the problem they created with LCDs that last a decade without any issues."

Insightful comment, thanks!

I was annoyed because a lot of high end PCs have OLED screens that look great. Why not Apple?

I am thinking this is the reason.

Apple wouldn't ship a product that either has a burn-in problem or awkwardly switches into "maintenance mode" every 4 hours.

Not a fan of Mini-LED here, it's using too much battery, gets too hot. It looks stunning but the trade-off not worth it for me, I would take a normal good LED screen over this and get better battery life and a thinner laptop any day.

 

[Elohim369]

can they also make it a tiiiny bit thinner pleaseee they're still a bit too thick for my taste (i admit i'm finicky).

but otherwise yes i would love to have an OLED screen

Mini-LED seems to have doubled the screen thickness of the MacBook Pro. It is the main reason - next to the protruding feet - this one feels monster sized compared to the Intel generation MBP - the one with magic keyboard.

I was shocked by the size when I took it out of the box. It is a monster. (16" MBP)

 

[darngooddesign]

Mini-LED seems to have doubled the screen thickness of the MacBook Pro...

I don't think that's true. While the LCD panel itself may be thicker, and the non-tapered design looks thicker, that does not necessarily translate to a lid which is twice as thick. The 14" M1-Pro MBP was actually .01cm thinner than the 13" M1 MBP so any thickness changes in the 16" MBP were probably due to the new design language and having an adequate cooling system for the fastest M1-Max chip. Even if the 14"s lid is thicker, that probably has more to do with fitting the larger webcam than the Mini-LED screen.

Would be interesting to see if someone could actually measure the lid thicknesses of the 13" MBP, 14" M1 MBP, 16" intel MBP, and 16" M1 MBP.