Play<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\nBut getting fixated on its touch support would be missing the point. This new MacBook is called the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display<\/b>, and as you can probably tell from its name, touch isn\u2019t the most important thing about it. The headlight feature is actually the tandem OLED display that it has. And boy, what a display it is.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s new in this MacBook Pro?<\/p>\n
<\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n\n1. That amazing PROLED XDR display<\/li>\n 2. Does touch change the Mac experience?<\/li>\n 3. Thinner and lighter body, and better speakers<\/li>\n 4. Powered by the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips<\/li>\n 5. Final thoughts and buying advice<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/section>\nThat amazing PROLED XDR display<\/h2>\n\nThe PROLED XDR display looks stunning.<\/p>\n
Photo: HWZ<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
To start, I\u2019m going to refer to this MacBook Pro as the PROLED MacBook Pro, and if tandem OLED sounds familiar, it\u2019s because it\u2019s a technology that first appeared in the iPad Pro. Like the iPad Pro, this MacBook Pro combines two OLED panels to create a single display that has exceptional brightness and contrast. And the specs are eye-popping: up to 2,000 nits peak HDR and SDR brightness<\/b>,\u00a0and a 10,000,000 contrast ratio<\/b>. It also supports ProMotion, so refresh rates can go from as low as 10Hz to as high as 120Hz.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Indeed, the first things you\u2019ll notice about the display are how bright it gets, how vibrant the colours are, and how they seem to pop out of the display. And being an OLED display, the blacks are well and truly black. In scenes or photos where it is dark, the contrast is incredible. It\u2019s easily one of the best displays I\u2019ve ever seen in any device.<\/p>\n\nThe display absolutely pops with HDR content.<\/p>\n
Photo: HWZ<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
That said, I wonder how many owners will notice it. The mini-LED displays found in earlier MacBook Pros were already very good. In everyday tasks like web browsing, writing emails, and watching movies, they look just as good as the display in the new PROLED MacBook Pro. You really have to go looking to spot the differences. This is a display that I think only creative professionals and display nerds will appreciate.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Speaking of professionals, brightness aside, the OLED display also has greater support for colour spaces. Apart from the usual P3 colour space, this display also covers 100% of the Adobe RGB colour space<\/b> for more greens and cyans. In short, for professionals, this is a reference-class display that fits in your bag.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\nDynamic Island comes to the Mac.<\/p>\n
Photo: HWZ<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
You can also get the display with a nano-texture finish. It significantly reduces glare and reflections, though at the cost of some perceived brightness and sharpness. It\u2019s worth having if you cannot stand the sight of glare and reflections. However, it\u2019s harder to clean, and it\u2019s a S$225 option<\/b>. My review unit has the standard glossy screen, and so far I\u2019m happy with it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If you hate the notch at the top of the display, you\u2019ll be happy to know that the PROLED MacBook Pro does away with it. To conceal the front-facing camera, it has a Dynamic Island. This also means it gets Live Activities like your iPhone. For me, this is a considerably more elegant solution to hiding the camera.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Does touch change the Mac experience?<\/h2>\n\nI didn\u2019t find myself reaching out to use touch very much.<\/p>\n
Photo: HWZ<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
This is the first Mac to get a touchscreen, but Apple hasn\u2019t actually done much to make use of it. Apart from slightly expanding certain UI elements when you touch them, there\u2019s not much else. Which is just as well, because I hardly found myself reaching out to touch the screen. But then I\u2019m the type of user that memorises and customises keyboard shortcuts \u2013 I don\u2019t take my hands off my keyboard if I can help it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But if you use touch, it works just like any other Apple device with a touchscreen. Touch inputs are responsive and accurate. If you like, you can ignore the fantastic trackpad and use your fingers to find your way around this Mac. I\u2019d think you are mad if you do that, but it\u2019s perfectly doable.\u00a0<\/p>\n\nTouch controls are mostly intuitive even if Apple hasn\u2019t done much to make macOS more touch-friendly.<\/p>\n
Photo: HWZ<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
That\u2019s not to say touch is superfluous. In my week with the PROLED MacBook Pro, I found it easier to markup and sign documents using touch as opposed to the trackpad and mouse. It\u2019s also immensely useful when I\u2019m using iPhone Mirroring. I\u2019m no developer, but I can also see how developers working on iOS and iPad apps will find it useful to be able to test their apps directly on this MacBook Pro. There will be instances where touch will be useful.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That said, touch support stops at your fingers, because this screen doesn\u2019t support the Apple Pencil. Some people are disappointed at this, but I\u2019m not convinced it makes sense to draw or write on a vertical surface.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ultimately, this laptop supports touch, and you can choose to use it or ignore it. What\u2019s more important is that Apple has managed to bring touch to the MacBook Pro without sacrificing other aspects like size, weight, or performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thinner and lighter body, and better speakers<\/h2>\n\nYou may not notice that this new MacBook Pro is 0.5mm thinner, but you will definitely notice the weight reduction.<\/p>\n
Photo: HWZ<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
One of the benefits of an OLED display is that it can be really thin. Because there\u2019s no need for backlights, the display in the PROLED MacBook Pro is less than 1 mm thick. As a result, the PROLED MacBook Pro is slightly thinner, measuring 15mm thick<\/b> \u2013 0.5mm thinner than the standard MacBook Pro.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Incredibly, it\u2019s lighter too, tipping the scales at 1.38kg<\/b>. To put this figure into context, it\u2019s 220g less than the standard MacBook Pro and just 150g more than the MacBook Air. I know I said in my hands-on that I didn\u2019t notice any difference, but I\u2019m thinking now that that could be because I was at a crowded show floor and lugging my work bag as I went around. Right now, at my work desk and in the comfort of my home, and with a last-gen MacBook Pro to compare with, the difference is immediately noticeable. The 16-inch model has slimmed down even more. The 16-inch PROLED MacBook Pro is 16mm thick and weighs 1.82kg \u2013 a reduction of 0.8mm and 320g.\u00a0<\/p>\n\nThe iconic glowing Apple logo is back.<\/p>\n
Photo: HWZ<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Despite these considerable size and weight reductions, Apple has somehow managed to make the PROLED MacBook Pro\u2019s speakers sound even better. It\u2019s still a six-speaker system, but the overall sound signature is fuller and more forward-sounding<\/b>. There\u2019s more impactful bass, and the treble is crisper and more extended. The standard MacBook Pro sounds muffled and tinny in comparison.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, ports for both models remain unchanged, so you get three USB-C Thunderbolt 5 ports, a full-size HDMI port, a MagSafe 3 port, a headphone jack, and an SDXC card reader. The USB-C ports also support Genlock, which can be useful for professionals who need precise syncing of devices for video production.<\/p>\n
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Play<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\nFans will also be happy that the glowing Apple logo on the cover is back. What\u2019s interesting is that since these laptops have OLED displays, it means they have no backlights, which also means the logo is being lit by a separate lighting element. It\u2019s so nice to see Apple devoting this much attention to bringing back one of the MacBook\u2019s most iconic features.<\/p>\n
Powered by the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips<\/h2>\n\nUnfortunately, these new MacBook Pros don\u2019t get more powerful versions of the M6 chip. They are powered by the M5 Pro and M5 Max.<\/p>\n
Photo: Apple<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
It\u2019s telling that we didn\u2019t get more powerful versions of the M6 chip. Instead, the PROLED MacBook Pros are powered by the same M5 Pro and M5 Max chips that power the standard MacBook Pros. That\u2019s no bad thing given how performant these chips are, but it probably means that rumours of Apple intending to transition as quickly to the M7 architecture as soon as possible are right. At any rate, even though the M5 Pro and Max chips are based on an older architecture, they feature greater memory bandwidth and more cores, and are therefore vastly superior to the M6 chip in terms of performance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If you opt for a unit with the M5 Pro chip, you\u2019ll get 24GB of memory and a 1TB SSD as standard. As for the M5 Max, that gets you 36GB and a 2TB SSD as standard. And for the first time, you can get up to 16TB of storage, though that\u2019s a \u2013 wait for it \u2013 S$10,500 option.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Apple says that despite the thinner chassis, the new PROLED MacBook Pros will perform identically to the standard MacBook Pro. And as you can see from the results below, that\u2019s mostly true except for the video transcoding test, where it was noticeably faster than a standard MacBook Pro.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Geekbench 6<\/h4>\n\n
\n\n\nModel<\/th>\n MacBook Pro PROLED (M5 Pro)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M6)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M5 Pro)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M5 Max)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M4 Max)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M1 Max)<\/th>\n Mac Studio (M5 Ultra)<\/th>\n Mac Studio (M3 Ultra)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\nSingle-bench<\/th>\n 4281<\/td>\n 4656<\/td>\n 4260<\/td>\n 4323<\/td>\n 3946<\/td>\n 2424<\/td>\n 4320<\/td>\n 3173<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nMulti-core<\/th>\n 29,049<\/td>\n 21,026<\/td>\n 28,355<\/td>\n 29,286<\/td>\n 25,914<\/td>\n 12,647<\/td>\n 38,656<\/td>\n 27,449<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nGPU (Metal API)<\/th>\n 142,676<\/td>\n 100,303<\/td>\n 140,043<\/td>\n 230,885<\/td>\n 195,043<\/td>\n 119,653<\/td>\n 346,826<\/td>\n 272,936<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\nGeekbench 7<\/h4>\n\n
\n\n\nModel<\/th>\n MacBook Pro PROLED (M5 Pro)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M6)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M5 Pro)<\/th>\n Mac mini (M6)<\/th>\n Mac Studio (M5 Ultra)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\nSingle-bench<\/th>\n 3719<\/td>\n 3985<\/td>\n 3747<\/td>\n 3992<\/td>\n 3749<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nMulti-core<\/th>\n 33,990<\/td>\n 22,171<\/td>\n 34,375<\/td>\n 22,251<\/td>\n 52,344<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nGPU (Metal API)<\/th>\n 139,197<\/td>\n 88,811<\/td>\n 139,084<\/td>\n 91,768<\/td>\n 355,635<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\nCinebench 2026<\/h4>\n\n
\n\n\nModel<\/th>\n MacBook Pro PROLED (M5 Pro)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M6)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M5 Pro)<\/th>\n Mac mini (M6)<\/th>\n Mac Studio (M5 Ultra)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\nSingle-bench<\/th>\n 721<\/td>\n 801<\/td>\n 732<\/td>\n 810<\/td>\n 743<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nMulti-core<\/th>\n 7687<\/td>\n 5252<\/td>\n 7433<\/td>\n 5522<\/td>\n 17,818<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nGPU<\/th>\n 52,038<\/td>\n – <\/td>\n 51,386<\/td>\n –<\/td>\n 142,822<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\nVideo Transcoding (in seconds, lower is better)<\/h4>\n\n
\n\n\nMacBook Pro PROLED (M5 Pro)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro M6<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M5 Pro)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M5 Max)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M4 Max)<\/th>\n MacBook (M1 Max)<\/th>\n Mac mini (M6)<\/th>\n Mac Studio (M5 Ultra)<\/th>\n Mac Studio (M3 Ultra)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n295<\/td>\n 396<\/td>\n 341<\/td>\n 328<\/td>\n 361<\/td>\n 705<\/td>\n 438<\/td>\n 204<\/td>\n 217<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\nAssassin\u2019s Creed (1080p, low graphics setting)<\/h4>\n\n
\n\n\nMacBook Pro PROLED (M5 Pro)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M6)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M5 Pro)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M5 Max)<\/th>\n Mac mini (M6)<\/th>\n Mac Studio (M5 Ultra)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n57<\/td>\n 51<\/td>\n 57<\/td>\n 77<\/td>\n 54<\/td>\n 91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\nCyberpunk 2077 (1080p, ray-tracing: low)<\/h4>\n\n
\n\n\nMacBook Pro PROLED (M5 Pro)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M6)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M5 Pro)<\/th>\n MacBook Pro (M5 Max)<\/th>\n Mac mini (M6)<\/th>\n Mac Studio (M5 Ultra)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n61.19<\/td>\n 38.82<\/td>\n 61.05<\/td>\n 87.3<\/td>\n 44.5<\/td>\n 140.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\nThe unit I\u2019m testing is the 14-inch model with the M5 Pro chip that has 18 CPU cores and 20 GPU cores, 48GB of memory, and a 1TB SSD. Configured as such, it costs S$5,149. Upgrades will add to the price very quickly, so be very sure of how much memory and storage you need.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Battery capacity is unchanged, and so are Apple\u2019s battery life claims. It says owners can expect to get up to 14 hours of wireless web and up to 22 hours of video streaming. As is the case with all Apple Silicon MacBooks, I can easily get through an entire day of work with battery to spare, so I don\u2019t think battery life is much of a concern for people anymore.<\/p>\n
Final thoughts and buying advice<\/h2>\n\nThese are superlative laptops with gorgeous displays, great builds, and outstanding performance.<\/p>\n
Photo: HWZ<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
There\u2019s no question that the PROLED MacBook Pro is an impressive laptop, and maybe the best MacBook ever made. The display is magnificent, and somehow it maintains its class-leading performance despite being thinner and lighter. The keyboard and trackpad are both great, but there\u2019s now the option of touch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Really, the only bad thing you could say about them is that they are expensive \u2013 but then again, you could say the same for many other things. Prices now start at S$3,999<\/b> and S$4,499<\/b> for the 14- and 16-inch models respectively. Here\u2019s how they compare to the standard MacBook Pro with mini-LED displays.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n
\n\n\nModel<\/th>\n 14-inch MacBook Pro (M6)<\/th>\n 14-inch MacBook Pro (M5 Pro)<\/th>\n 14-inch MacBook Pro PROLED (M5 Pro)<\/th>\n 14-inch MacBook Pro (M5 Max)<\/th>\n 14-inch MacBook Pro PROLED (M5 Max)<\/th>\n 16-inch MacBook Pro (M5 Pro)<\/th>\n 16-inch MacBook Pro PROLED (M5 Pro)<\/th>\n 16-inch MacBook Pro (M5 Max)<\/th>\n 16-inch MacBook Pro PROLED (M5 Max)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\nCPU cores<\/th>\n 12<\/td>\n 15<\/td>\n 15<\/td>\n 18<\/td>\n 18<\/td>\n 18<\/td>\n 18<\/td>\n 18<\/td>\n 18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nGPU cores<\/th>\n 12<\/td>\n 16<\/td>\n 16<\/td>\n 32<\/td>\n 32<\/td>\n 20<\/td>\n 20<\/td>\n 32<\/td>\n 32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nMemory<\/th>\n 16GB<\/td>\n 24GB<\/td>\n 24GB<\/td>\n 36GB<\/td>\n 36GB<\/td>\n 24GB<\/td>\n 24GB<\/td>\n 36GB<\/td>\n 36GB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nStorage<\/th>\n 1TB<\/td>\n 1TB<\/td>\n 1TB<\/td>\n 2TB<\/td>\n 2TB<\/td>\n 1TB<\/td>\n 1TB<\/td>\n 2TB<\/td>\n 2TB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nStarting price<\/th>\n S$2,699<\/td>\n S$3,499<\/td>\n S$3,999<\/td>\n S$5,799<\/td>\n S$6,299<\/td>\n S$3,999<\/td>\n S$4,499<\/td>\n S$5,999<\/td>\n S$6,499<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\nYou\u2019ll notice that the PROLED MacBook Pros command a S$500 premium over the standard mini-LED MacBook Pros. Now if I were in the market for an M5 Pro or Max MacBook Pro, I would find ways to get that extra cash for the PROLED model. Not only are you getting a better display, but it\u2019s considerably lighter too, and therefore more portable. The weight savings may not sound much on paper, but you will notice it when you are carrying it around.<\/p>\n\nIt really is a case of buy once and cry once with these laptops.<\/p>\n
Photo: HWZ<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Folks who already own a fairly new MacBook Pro should cool their jets. Those laptops still have great displays and performance. It\u2019s probably more sensible to wait until the PROLED MacBook Pros are updated with even faster M6- or M7-class chips, and also to see if Apple would do anything to simplify the MacBook lineup. I can\u2019t imagine it\u2019s in Apple\u2019s long-term plans to continue offering two versions of the MacBook Pro with different display technologies.<\/p>\n
At any rate, the new PROLED MacBook Pro is a great laptop. And while it may be really pricey, it mostly justifies its price tag. It isn\u2019t just the best laptop Apple makes; it may very well be the best laptop you can buy right now, period.<\/p>\n
Note:<\/i><\/b> You can find the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display on <\/i>Lazada<\/i>, <\/i>Shopee<\/i>, and <\/i>the Apple Online Store<\/i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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