Impressions from the Apple Store: The MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display

I dropped by my local Apple Store yesterday to spend some time with the new MacBook Pro. I currently use a 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M4 Max. It is a completely fantastic machine. The screen is far more capable than any of my work requires, and the size is just perfect. It seems that the new MacBook Pro improves on both of these things. For years, any time Apple released an updated display, it would talk about how close the pixels seemed to the surface of the glass. Just think back to the last pre-laminated display you used on a regular basis, then look at something more modern. It’s hard to believe that there used to be a physical air gap between the display and the cover glass on Apple’s products. The PROLED brings this to the next level. It really feels like the pixels are the glass. The brightness and vibrancy are just unreal. Way back in the day, I had a 15-inch unibody MacBook Pro with the matte display. It lacked some of the punch of its glossy siblings, but I preferred it. I…

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