Overview
- Apple’s 14‑ and 16‑inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display went on sale Friday, November 6, and reviewers immediately praised the tandem OLED panel as the best laptop screen many have seen.
- The touchscreen is built into the OLED panel but reviewers say it is a handy occasional input rather than a replacement for the keyboard and trackpad, with wider usefulness tied to forthcoming macOS tweaks and third‑party app updates.
- The PROLED models use existing M5 Pro and M5 Max chips rather than the newer M6 silicon and carry about a $400 premium over identical‑chip mini‑LED MacBook Pros, with base prices of $2,899 for the 14‑inch and $3,399 for the 16‑inch.
- Early hands‑ons note practical issues that remain: the display can wobble under touch despite a stiffer hinge, and some reviewers found the redesigned speaker tuning too bass‑heavy for music and podcasts.
- Beyond user experience, Apple’s tandem OLED approach stacks emitters to reach high HDR brightness and limit typical OLED weaknesses like burn‑in, a move reviewers say will benefit creatives and could shift panel supply dynamics toward suppliers such as Samsung Display.