Macbook PROLED Review: It's Not About That
Marques Brownlee reviews Apple's new MacBook Pro with a ProLED XDR touchscreen. He argues the touchscreen is the least important change and that the real reasons to buy are the OLED display and lighter build.
The gist
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Brownlee says the tandem OLED display is the best he's seen on any laptop, with 1,000 nits sustained and 10 million to 1 contrast.
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He warns nano-texture slightly cuts contrast and sharpness and traps finger oils, so be sure before choosing it over glossy.
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The new chassis is half a pound lighter on the 14-inch and 0.7 pounds lighter on the 16-inch, and runs fans harder to match performance.
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Brownlee calls the touchscreen a checked box, very responsive but lacking Apple Pencil support and real macOS changes, and he rarely used it.
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He says the display alone is worth the $400 premium over mini LED models for color-critical work, and he'll probably buy one.
Marques Brownlee recommends it
"Reason number one would be this new tandem OLED display. Turns out it's the best display I think I've ever seen in any laptop... If you work with color a lot, if you're photography, if you're videography, if you depend on having an excellent display, then that by itself is wor..."
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