I would love a14.5 pro. Just a teeny bit more space without going 16 would be nice.
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Report: MacBook Pro With OLED Display to Launch Late Next Year
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You having not experienced it so far, is not the same thing as it not existing, especially as an iPad is usually used rather differently than a Mac. Oh, and one of my best friends literally has an iPhone with burn-in.
My M4 MBP spends about 90% of its life connected to an external monitor, so I'm less interested in an OLED panel than I am to see what else comes with the full redesign.
last week stayed at friends who have a 5 year old LG OLED 65" tv.
looks great.
then i noticed the centre had this weird effect: skin tones were grey.
i pointed it out to the owners who hadnt noticed.
once you see it you can't unsee it.
it was one month within warranty and i did a quick Google.
apparently there are known issues where content with head shots in the centre wear out the red pixels.
a few years ago they changed the panels with larger red pixels to combat this wear.
he's put in a warranty claim and waiting to hear the outcome...
looks great.
then i noticed the centre had this weird effect: skin tones were grey.
i pointed it out to the owners who hadnt noticed.
once you see it you can't unsee it.
it was one month within warranty and i did a quick Google.
apparently there are known issues where content with head shots in the centre wear out the red pixels.
a few years ago they changed the panels with larger red pixels to combat this wear.
he's put in a warranty claim and waiting to hear the outcome...
100%. "Pro" branded Mac laptops with power should start mid-sized. In the modern era 13.6" is not mid-sized it's on the small side. At near an inch larger 14.5" would be a welcome display upgrade for the pro line. Besides, bezels are getting narrower, further reducing device footprint. Should the customer want smaller or thinner they would have two great MBA models to pick from: 14.5" (mid and thin) and 13" (small and thin).
Yeah, not a day goes by without some article about how bad burn-in is on Windows OLED laptops! /s
To be honest, with the screen care features built into Windows OLED panels, any burn-in that might occur is minimized or eliminated. I don't really get it when people (who don't even have an OLED laptop) complain about burn-in on laptops. I don't really see anyone complaining about burn-in on laptops and many come with 3 year burn-in warranties.
But, sure...Apple will give you a better OLED for >$2000 for a base MacBook Pro, while Windows OLED laptops are now easily had for $600.
That would make all the sense in the world, but since Apple didn’t do that with the iPads, I’m guessing they won’t with the MacBooks either.
Now it just needs cellular and a touchscreen to catch up with an iPad.
As long as the OLED models get the new 2nm chip, weather that'll be the M5 or the M6
Has anyone done long-term burn-in tests of these displays like the way rtings.com has done for TV? Seems like there's only been 1 year of experience with the Tandem OLED iPad Pro.
Can't speak for the watch but I've seen it on OLED iPhones. And the usage profiles are different between iPhones and Macs. A Mac used for business persons seems far more likely to trigger burnin than typical use of an iPhone.
The question I have for OLED in a laptop is, can I leave it in Light Mode with my Menu Bar and Dock left on (i.e. not auto-hide), my favorite background, and desktop icons for 12 hours a day x 365 days for 10 years without burn-in, permanent wear, etc patterns? And/or is the screen going to use "screen shift" / "pixel orbitors" or will I be expected to run periodic screen washing/compensation patterns?
The average Windows user may be less discriminating than the average Mac user. And/or they seem to replace their laptops more often. It wasn't that long ago that the corporation I worked for replaced all (Windows) laptops every 2 years.
However, I don't have an OLED laptop because I don't want to think or worry about burn-in. I don't want to have to remember proper "screen care".
I wonder why Pro gets it before Air?Maybe due to less demand?…
In any event. Yeah OLED everything. Very nice for our eyes.
In any event. Yeah OLED everything. Very nice for our eyes.
With how good the mini-LED displays are that they have now, I can't imagine this being that important of an update.
It would be great to have this in earl 2026 with redesigned body. I was planning to delay my purchase this year because of redesign rumors of 2026 so this is good news for me.
And as far as thinness goes, I prefer power over weight. It would kill the "Pro" again if they make it like MBA, I remember 2017 thin MBP very vividly. The worst laptop I've ever owned.
And as far as thinness goes, I prefer power over weight. It would kill the "Pro" again if they make it like MBA, I remember 2017 thin MBP very vividly. The worst laptop I've ever owned.
Oh nooo, they're focussing on thinness... this again 🙄
Seriously, if thinness comes at the cost of sustained performance and/or battery life (and it always does), then nobody cares about a MacBook Pro being thin. Those who want maximum portability get a MacBook Air. The Pro should be optimized for performance and nothing else.
Seriously, if thinness comes at the cost of sustained performance and/or battery life (and it always does), then nobody cares about a MacBook Pro being thin. Those who want maximum portability get a MacBook Air. The Pro should be optimized for performance and nothing else.
Global market share of Windows is driven by price (you can have much cheaper Windows computers than what Macs cost) and business use (almost all large corporations run on Windows), not because people like Windows better. Literally anyone I've ever met would prefer macOS if given the choice.
I dunno switching to OLED would be tjqt groundbreaking. Mini LED is great, and switching to OLED wouldnot result in thinner chassis.
Is there anything on MBP that would make it a must-upgrade? I think MBP as it stands right now is a near perfect laptop.
To me the only real difference it could make would be making it last 48 hours in one charge.
Is there anything on MBP that would make it a must-upgrade? I think MBP as it stands right now is a near perfect laptop.
To me the only real difference it could make would be making it last 48 hours in one charge.
there is so much space on a laptop vs a phone i don’t understand why they thought it was a great solution to put the camera into the screen area. a pill shape cutout would be no better and still be a bit annoying. if for some reason you really, really needed to cut into the screen area, why not make the apple logo in the upper left a punchout and put the camera in there.
I think Apple would actually need games to make gamers switch and not a 5kHz refresh rate display when the games gamers want to play are not available.
They didn't get the memo: https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/apple-iphone-15-pro-max-displaying-oled-burn-in-issues
Think a moment about how OLED works on a physical and chemical level. The burn in process starts the second you turn on the display. From there, the only factor is time. When will it be noticeable to the human eye? And that in turn depends how the display is used.
I mean, true. But it's still a portable. If you want performance and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE....get a desktop. You're getting a laptop because you have to travel with it, or want to use it away from the desk occasionally. That means portability IS a factor, even if it's a secondary or tertiary concern. Personally I'd like to see a 20" MBP, but if they're staying with the 16" and maintain the same great performance and battery life while making the casing slightly thinner and lighter, that's a worthy goal.
Or at least make some models thinner and lighter. The non-pro chip macbook pro would benefit as something closer to the Air with a better display and cooling, but maybe still leave the ones with Max chips with bigger batteries and the extra weight that comes with it. Not sure where the Pro chips would fall, but it wouldn’t be much different than the split between the Mac mini and Mac Studio where the bigger chips get the bigger case with more cooling and power.
Odds are they’ll make them as light as the lower battery consumption of the OLED panels and whichever M-series chip these get allows them to roughly match the current models’ battery life, rather than keeping a bigger but heavier battery that’d last longer.