MacBook Pro 2022 tipped for 120Hz mini-LED display — what it means for you

MacBook Pro 2021 tipped for 120Hz mini-LED display — what information technology ways for you lot

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We've been waiting ages for the rumored 14-inch MacBook Pro 2021 and 16-inch MacBook Pro 2021 to be unveiled, and now information technology looks like at that place's light at the end of the tunnel.

That light comes from an Apple tree result happening Monday, Oct. 18 with the theme of "Unleashed", giving us adept reason to expect Apple will unleash the next generation of MacBook Pro powered by its M1 successor, the M1X flake.

If that happens, display expert Ross Young believes that not but volition these new MacBook Pros accept the aforementioned center-catching mini-LED brandish as the remarkable iPad Pro 2021 (12.nine-inch) — they'll as well have the aforementioned 120 Hz refresh rate.

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If that proves true, it'southward a big deal because MacBook displays accept historically been limited to 60 Hz refresh rates. That means the display can't update faster than 60 times a second, meaning it tin can't accomplish framerates of college than 60 frames per 2d (a sore spot for serious game players) and won't gyre as smoothly as a mod smartphone display.

iPad Pro 2021 (12.9-inch) review: Display — Spider-Verse — The 12.9-inch iPad Pro 2021'due south 120 Hz mini-LED display looks amazing in person — especially when watching XDR content (Prototype credit: Tom'due south Guide/Henry T. Casey)

A 60 Hz refresh charge per unit is pretty common for laptops, simply we're starting to encounter more laptops ship with 120 Hz (or faster) displays, in office because the technology has become cheaper and more common in smartphones and tablets. The 12.nine-inch iPad Pro 2021 shipped with its ain 120 Hz mini-LED display, for example, and our reviewer found it to be remarkably bright and beautiful — though it only actually shines when you lot view XDR content, which is lacking on iPadOS.

Panel suppliers are the same between the iPad Pro's and MacBook Pro's - LG Display and Precipitous. Expecting like technology - oxide backplanes, miniLED backlights and 120Hz refresh rates. MiniLEDs, 100% confirmed.Oct 12, 2021

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We may soon have a chance to take the aforementioned display for a spin in a new MacBook Pro. Ross Immature, CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants, took to Twitter today to claim that the same companies who supplied the display panels for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro — LG Display and Samsung — are supplying panels for the new MacBook Pros, so he expects them to offer similar amenities. That they'll be mini-LED displays is guaranteed, says Young — whether they'll be 120 Hz remains to be seen.

Known Apple tree leaker @Dylandkt seconded (via Twitter) the claim that Apple's 2021 MacBook Pros will ship with mini-LED displays, and further prognosticated they'll make it with 1080p webcams, slimmer bezels, and a base model packing 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB of storage.

Apple tree's upcoming MacBook Pro 2021 models are too expected to debut with more ports, and SD card slot, the return of MagSafe charging, and the M1X, a more powerful version of Apple's beefy M1 flake. One thing that'south probably not going to make an appearance is the Affect Bar, which Apple is reportedly likely to remove from the MacBook Pro in favor of a render to physical keys.

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Alex Wawro is a lifelong tech and games enthusiast with more a decade of feel covering both for outlets like Game Programmer, Black Chapeau, and PC Globe magazine. He currently serves equally a senior editor at Tom'due south Guide covering all things computing, from laptops and desktops to keyboards and mice.