Don’t expect 14-inch, 16-inch M1 MacBook Pros until the second half of the year : Apple World Today

Apple is expected to debut new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBooks this year, but a new Nikkei Asia report says the tech giant has rescheduled the production of both for the second half of the year. Darn it. I want the 16-inch M1 MacBook Pro NOW!

Oh well, good things come to those who wait. And the new MacBook Pros should be worth the wait. The upcoming laptops are expected to have a major redesign, run on Apple Silicon (M1 chips), and sport mini-LED displays. 

The mini-LED displays will likely use 10,000 mini-LEDs and will be comparable to OLED screens. They’ll result in good wide color gamut performance, high contrast and HDR, and local dimming.

Mini-LEDs sport a local dimming function with a contrast effect similar to that of OLED displays. However, on some product lines, costs for mini-LED backlit displays may even be lower than their OLED counterparts, according to LEDinside. Mini-LED products are as thin as those using OLED technology so they consume less power than traditional LED screens, and they cost 70-80% less to produce than OLED displays, although their performance is similar.