Apple’s “Pro and Tell” event in Los Angeles, the new MacBook Pros with PROLED XDR displays, and the state of the Macintosh platform.

The touchscreen isn’t nearly the best thing about the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display.

We review the new OLED iPad mini, thoughts on the PROLED MacBook Pro, and most importantly, David managed to acquire an iPhone Duo.

The new MacBook Pro models with PROLED XDR displays began arriving to customers on Friday, and various details about the laptops continue to surface. Given these models are available with the same M5 Pro and M5 Max chips that power the models with mini-LED displays, performance was expected to be virtually identical across the board, and benchmark results confirm that is the case. Average scores for multi-core CPU performance in the Geekbench 7 database: * 16-inch MacBook Pro (Mini-LED, M5 Max): 34,988 * 16-inch MacBook Pro (PROLED XDR, M5 Max): 34,904 The chip has an 18-core CPU in both models. YouTube channel Max Tech noted that the bottom cover on the new MacBook Pro models has slightly recessed feet, and there are now only four pentalobe screws holding it in place, compared to eight on previous models. Under the bottom cover sit larger speakers, which provide 50% deeper bass according to Apple. 16-inch/Mini-LED on left, 16-inch/PROLED on right While the MacBook Neo's keyboard can be replaced individually, this is not the case for the new MacBook Pro models, as Apple's repair manuals show the laptops continue to have an all-in-one "Top Case with Battery and Keyboard" part. In case you missed it, the bottom corners of the display are now rounded on the new MacBook Pro models, whereas only the top corners are rounded on the models with mini-LED displays. This small change results in a much more uniform design. As we noted over the weekend, Daring Fireball's John Gruber confirmed that the illuminated Apple logo on the new MacBook Pro lids uses a custom light source — seemingly a white LED. On older MacBooks released in 2015 and earlier, the Apple logo was illuminated by the LCD's backlight, but OLED displays do not have a backlight. Why did Apple bring back the illuminated logo? Gruber shared Apple's answer. "Because it's awesome," he heard an Apple representative say.Related Roundup: MacBook ProBuyer's Guide: MacBook Pro (Buy Now)Related Forum: MacBook Pro This article, "MacBook Pro With PROLED XDR Display: Details You Might Have Missed" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums

B&H is kicking off its holiday sale with a free $150 gift card on Apple's brand-new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with a PROLED display.

The first reviews of the new MacBook Pro PROLED with touch display are out. All of them rave about the screen, just about all of wince at the price, and most shrug about touch.

Apple unveiled the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display last week, and it brings some of the biggest changes to the Mac in years. There’s a tandem OLED screen, a significantly lighter design, and the long-awaited addition of touch. Oh, and the Apple logo glows again. Here’s what it’s like actually using the new MacBook Pro. * Pre-order 14-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display * Pre-order 16-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display more…

Appleが2026年10月末に発表した「PROLED XDRディスプレイ搭載MacBook Pro」では、10年ぶりに天板のAppleロゴが光ります。この光るAppleロゴは消灯可能であることが明らかになりました。

Le logo lumineux Apple de votre MacBook Pro PROLED XDR vous dérange ? Voici comment le désactiver depuis le Terminal de macOS, et le réactiver si besoin.

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The MacBook is now its prettiest and pro-iest, and it's just a better Mac experience overall.

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Apple's redesigned MacBook Pro is more than a mere screen upgrade. It may help Apple reach Macs' full potential.

Happy touch your Mac day! Apple's new PROLED MacBook Pro is now in the hands of customers. We picked up one of the new machines to get our greasy fingerprints all over that pristine OLED display. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. It's been five years since Apple last redesigned the ‌MacBook Pro‌, so it was due for an update. The PROLED ‌MacBook Pro‌ looks a lot like the mini-LED model, but it's thinner and lighter. The 14-inch model is about half a millimeter thinner and weighs just over three pounds, while the 16-inch model is almost a millimeter thinner and weighs four pounds. Apple shaved off about half a pound for the 14-inch model and 0.7 pounds for the 16-inch model, and while that doesn't sound like much, it makes a big difference. You can feel how much lighter it is the second you take it out of the box. Apple brought back the glowing logo for the PROLED ‌MacBook Pro‌, so everyone around you will know you have the fancy new ‌OLED‌ model. The ‌OLED‌ display is the major new feature, and it looks as good as you would expect from a display in a laptop starting at $2,899. Blacks are true black, and since each pixel lights up individually, there's none of the bloom you get with mini-LED when viewing bright objects on a dark background. The PROLED ‌MacBook Pro‌ can get super bright too, and that brightness paired with the deep blacks, HDR content looks great. ‌OLED‌ sometimes isn't bright enough outdoors, but that's not the case here. The display bezels are thinner, and the 16-inch machine is actually 16.3 inches instead of 16.2. There's also an iPhone-like Dynamic Island that replaces the notch and houses Siri AI, Live Activities, and more. The ‌Dynamic Island‌ makes sense because you can now touch the ‌MacBook Pro‌'s display. It works like touching an iPhone or iPad, so you can swipe through webpages, tap buttons, drag and drop, and pinch to zoom. Touch isn't meant to replace the trackpad and keyboard, but it's there if you want it. Apple made some tweaks to macOS, so menu options expand a little more when you touch them than when you click them, and tiny window resizing buttons get larger. Apple put a sturdier hinge in the PROLED ‌MacBook Pro‌ so the display won't move as much when you tap it, but it's not perfect. It does still jiggle depending on where you tap. The touch feature is fine, but it's probably not a reason to go out and get the PROLED ‌MacBook Pro‌. It has the potential to be useful in some situations, but it's not going to dramatically change the way most people use a laptop. New chips weren't ready in time for the PROLED machines, so they use the same M5 Pro and M5 Max as the mini-LED models. That's a disappointment in a laptop that starts at almost $3,000. Since Apple is still selling the mini-LED models, you're basically paying a $400 premium for the higher-end ‌OLED‌ display, the thinner and lighter design, and the touch functionality. The better display and the lighter weight are going to be worth the price for some people, and the touch is just a bonus.Related Roundup: MacBook ProTag: OLEDBuyer's Guide: MacBook Pro (Buy Now)Related Forum: MacBook Pro This article, "Hands-On With Apple's New OLED Touchscreen MacBook Pro" first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums

Apple's touchscreen laptop is a notable evolution of the MacBook Pro at a much higher price.

Dynamic Island may be exclusive to the PROLED MacBook Pro, but Live Activities are coming to all Macs capable of running macOS 27.3.

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