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MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR hands-on: It's about time

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MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR hands-on: It's about time

I'll be honest. I'm not a fan of the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display name. It's a mouthful. But this laptop, starting at $2,899, definitely made my jaw drop.

The first thing I noticed was the colorful tandem OLED panel. At 2,000 nits, this screen is so bright we had to turn down our camera to record it. The colors really pop off the display. The screen offers a 120Hz refresh rate and a 10 million to 1 contrast ratio, which Apple says is industry leading and I believe it.

The second thing that hit me is that the notch is gone, replaced by a smaller Dynamic Island. When playing music, for example, the music player will shrink in a little window at the top of the display, and you bring it back with a tap.

And that brings me to perhaps the biggest upgrade overall, as it's a first for MacBooks: touch.

I found the touchscreen support to be pretty smooth as I navigated between apps. I could draw using my finger with ease, though there's no Apple Pencil support to speak of.

As you would expect, pinch to zoom works well, and I could easily drag and drop video clips in a timeline. I also played a virtual keyboard (complete with chords) and interacted with a 3D model by spinning it around.

We'll have to see how well touch works with third-party apps, but Apple already promises support for Notion, Canva, Zoom, Microsoft Office, Adobe Lightroom and more.


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