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MacBook Pro With OLED Display Rumored to Be 'Significantly Lighter'

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman today said the new MacBook Pro models with OLED displays will be "significantly lighter" than the existing MacBook Pro models.

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"Apple has reengineered the machine's interior, miniaturizing parts and rearranging components to make the computer much easier to carry," he said, in his Power On newsletter. Currently, the MacBook Pro weighs up to 4.7 pounds, while the MacBook Air weighs up to 3.3 pounds and the MacBook Neo weighs 2.7 pounds.

With this newly-reported detail, the new models are now rumored to have six new features:

  • OLED display
  • Touch-screen capabilities
  • Dynamic Island instead of a notch
  • M5 Pro and M5 Max chips
  • Thinner design
  • "Significantly lighter" design

Thinner and lighter go hand in hand.

Apple plans to release the MacBook Pro models with OLED displays in October or November this year, according to Gurman. In his newsletter, he reiterated that Apple is testing the laptops with macOS 27.2, which is currently in beta.

The OLED models are expected to be higher-end, higher-priced models that sit above the existing MacBook Pro models in Apple's lineup.

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Top Rated Comments

F23 Avatar
2 days ago at 06:29 pm
don't forget 'Significantly More Expensive'
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
jon9091 Avatar
2 days ago at 06:46 pm
They made the last iteration thicker and heavier specifically so they could make it thinner again.
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
2 days ago at 06:24 pm

Nice. Lighter is better.
Yes, I don't care if it is thinner. I want lighter. Hopefully the battery life won't last less than 10 hours and we don't need to carry a large and heavy power brick.
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
2 days ago at 06:22 pm
Nice. Lighter is better.
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
McWetty Avatar
2 days ago at 07:09 pm
Lighter MacBook… lighter wallet.
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
2 days ago at 06:31 pm
Looking forward to a lighter 16" MBP. I have an M1 Max model and the only downside is its weight (makes traveling with it cumbersome). A lighter, thinner new design would be the thing to finally make me upgrade after five years.
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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