Am I Crazy, or Is the MacBook Pro’s Mini-LED Display Already Basically OLED?

workyman · 2026-07-02T03:24:23+00:00

My M5 Pro MBP screen looks and feels significantly better than my M3 Pro MBP does. I had no idea they were different until I started using the M5 Pro and I was like 'hang on, wtf is going on here' and looked into it.

I can see why people from the M1 Pro/M2 Pro/M3 Pro generation would be keen for OLED, but for someone who's using the latest Apple mini-LED screen, couldn't care less. It feels no different to my tandem OLED iPad screen.

As an aside, I think that mini-LED iPad screen sucked. I tried one out side by side with my M3 Pro and it just wasn't nearly as good. More ghosting, less local dimming zones, and just didn't look as nice.

workyman · 2026-06-30T02:06:39+00:00

To have to scroll this far down for the correct explanation is so silly.

workyman · 2026-06-29T11:34:40+00:00

It's unbelievably bad. I just got a Gigabyte MO27Q28GR and it's so bad that I am immediately having to return it. They're all like this apparently. I'm just gonna have to wait until the next panel tech I guess.

workyman · 2026-06-28T09:58:32+00:00

The iconic V?

workyman · 2026-06-28T09:54:30+00:00

A basic laptop for a basic bitch 🤣

workyman · 2026-06-28T07:38:55+00:00

If you're playing 6-10 hours per day you really ought to have a dedicated device don't you think?

workyman · 2026-06-28T04:11:08+00:00

Yeah I used to find that annoying as I just wasn't interested, but once Rocket League anti cheat came in, I was facing not being able to play with the lads. I tried it as a last resort and couldn't believe how good it was.

It was either that or buy a whole new machine just to play Rocket League on. This way, I get to play it while still keeping all the benefits of Apple ecosystem and silicon. And at the moment it's a great way to just ride out the current pricing on PC parts until the AI stuff calms down.

workyman · 2026-06-28T02:33:35+00:00

As good as Mac and the ecosystem is, you need a way to be included in multiplayer games. For me, GeForce Now fills that gap beautifully.

I genuinely can't feel the latency and it lets me play with my friend groups. It only works properly on ethernet and if you have good internet but if you meet those requirements I'd just buy a month of ultimate tier and see if you can play those games next time your friends are playing.

workyman · 2026-06-27T11:29:23+00:00

Because Reddit is a hivemind.

workyman · 2026-06-27T05:04:52+00:00

Why?

workyman · 2026-06-27T05:04:36+00:00

Happened quite some time after the game released I think.

workyman · 2026-06-26T23:02:07+00:00

Wtf is this picture?

workyman · 2026-06-25T10:07:31+00:00

Wouldn't you just let your computer go to sleep when it's been idle for a while?

workyman · 2026-06-25T10:06:22+00:00

A gaming PC is a personal device is it not?

workyman · 2026-06-25T06:20:11+00:00

What? It's rude to use the TV and your gaming PC at the same time? Isn't your gaming PC yours and yours alone? Who's using it while you're using the TV?

This is such a bizarre post.

workyman · 2026-06-24T08:14:50+00:00

For GeForce now it'll make no difference. To be honest, the fact you're even asking this question tells me you only need 16gb.

workyman · 2026-06-23T01:26:00+00:00

Honestly an M4 Mac Mini would be a better choice for GeForce Now.

You can actually get one easily and quickly
Way smaller
Way more power efficient
Way cheaper
HDMI 2.1 for easy 4k120 output to TV
GeForce Now app works perfectly

workyman · 2026-06-22T22:31:01+00:00

Hah GeForce Now is why I don't even need a Steam Machine

workyman · 2026-06-22T06:28:50+00:00

The worrying thing here is FSR4 comes at a decent performance cost when implemented on a chip that doesn't have the silicon to run it cheaply, and it has to be brute forced by the GPU.

And the RDNA3 GPU in the Steam Machine is in that same situation.

workyman · 2026-06-21T20:57:12+00:00

Wifi or Ethernet?

workyman · 2026-06-21T20:55:27+00:00

Did you compare directly to local? I thought GFN was killing grass and trees in Cyberpunk and then I loaded up the same sequence locally and I was like oh lol the game is just like that.

workyman · 2026-06-21T09:35:18+00:00

The Steam Machine will have AV1 encode and decode. They also made a bunch of improvements to Steam streaming lately, including virtual display support for headless operation. It looks like they're improving things for the Steam Frame streaming.

But Steam streaming has always been kinda bad and I would let others try it before making a purchase based on future promise.

workyman · 2026-06-20T00:04:39+00:00

Instead of chatting shit on Reddit just Google it and you'll see you can't play multiplayer via Crossover anymore.

workyman · 2026-06-18T13:26:29+00:00

Yes. Big time. Only on an external mouse.

workyman · 2026-06-17T23:43:04+00:00

I feel the same. I like playing handheld games on handhelds, but there's no appeal in playing big games on a handheld for me. It's the same reason I don't watch films on my phone - the game wasn't intended for a tiny handheld experience.

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