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The pricey new screen in the brand-new touchscreen MacBook Pro is inducing headaches and nausea for some users, according to reports.
It has everything to do with the new tandem OLED panel Apple is using.
Now, to be sure, the problem seems to be limited. This is not some Chicken-Little-the sky-is-falling-Apple-is-doomed-the-new-MacBook-sucks kind of situation.
But it is something to be aware of. I had no clue about the drawbacks of OLED panels, and I have no idea if this situation affects me personally — it certainly might.
It’s definitely something to be aware of if you’re considering the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, or subsequent models with similar OLED panels that are rumored to be coming out in the next few years.
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Apple’s big push into the smart home kicks into high gear today with new products (HomeView and the updated Apple TV 4K) hitting store shelves. Plus, accessories in the Apple Home Collection are now up for preorders.
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Maybe the fall of Nvidia’s Jensen Huang has a silver lining — more capacity for consumer-level chips (jk)! Not only is the iPhone Duo massively backordered, the iPhone 18 Pro Max is, too, although not quite as badly. Still, a backlog this long after launch is unusual.
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The history of Apple versus Samsung over copying the iPhone is surprisingly interesting.
Instead of my father-in-law’s bathroom, I used his palm-fringed desert backyard to record this week’s episode of the Cult of Mac podcast, where we dive into John Ternus’ AI push, making a virtual super-Mac for AI, the death of the Apple Support Community and more. Here’s where to find the video and the audio.
Don’t miss the top X post below from Todd Dailey, an ex-Apple enterprise marketing manager. Dailey spills the beans on what it’s really like to work at Apple’s spaceship HQ. Contrary to Steve Jobs’ boasts about it being “the best office building in the world,” it sounds like a Jony Ive-inspired design nightmare gone wrong. 🤣
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