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Apple quietly gave the M4 MacBook Pro a quantum dot display
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Yes that is indeed very cool.
it still seems weird that for such a major update to most of their lineup they didnt even make an event out of it, though I suppose that might just tell you how much their consumer electronics stuff dominates over their actual computer sales
Probably because most of the update was a spec bump. Aside from M4/RAM, the only new things are:
iMac: new colors
MacBook Pro: QD display (which isn’t terribly noticeable in the grand scheme of things)
Mac Mini: new design
Don’t get me wrong, M4 and 16GB base RAM are great, but these upgrades are not exactly keynote-worthy, especially for products that make up a relatively low amount of revenue for Apple.
With that being said, a dedicated keynote for these updates would’ve been more eventful than the “Scary Fast” event last October.
Wow, quietly making an already great display even better.
Edit: based on other comments on the article, do you think they didn’t mention it because too many people would have said “But it’s not OLED” making it not worth the noise to make it a focus?
Displays are great but I can't get over how good MacBook Pro speakers sound. My M2 pro MBP sounds amazing for a laptop. It's punchy enough that I can sometimes get by without plugging in my IEMs.
I’m still amazed by the sound quality of my MacBook Pro 16” (M1 Max) and I’ve been using it for 3 years now.
I mean I used an i9 MacBook Pro for the last 5 years and the speakers were incredible. The larger MacBook pros have always had relatively great speakers.
9to5 loves to say the word “quietly”
The old screen covered 100% of Display P3 already (which is what Apple typically targets), so there shouldn’t be a noticeable visual difference when using that color gamut though there could be improvement in Adobe RGB or Rec 2020. It however may be more energy efficient since it shouldn’t have to filter as much light to hit its color gamut.
Its interesting they didn't mention it at all during the release. Makes me wonder if the display change is barely noticeable so they didn't want to announce it, and have ppl slam it for not being any better than before.