Tom's Guide says Apple's new OLED MacBook Pro ran over 21 hours in a web test, about double the Windows laptops it was compared with.
Apple's new MacBook Pro with an OLED touchscreen ran for 21 hours and 24 minutes in a battery test by Tom's Guide. The Windows laptops tested against it gave out at about 10 and a half hours. The reviewer had expected the new screen to cost Apple some battery life. It did not.
The test was continuous web surfing. The 16-inch OLED model with the M5 Max chip hit 21:24. Tom's Guide says that effectively ties the thicker, non-touch 16-inch model with an older style mini-LED screen and an M5 Pro chip.
The 14-inch OLED model with the M5 Pro chip lasted just under 17 hours. The 14-inch mini-LED model with the M5 Max chip did better, at 17 hours and 58 minutes. So there is a gap there, but a modest one.
The Windows machines were pitched as MacBook rivals. Tom's Guide tested models with Nvidia's RTX Spark chips and with Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme. None came close on battery.
The reviewer says these laptops may still win on other measures. If battery life is what you care about most, though, they were not close.
OLED screens are brighter and richer, but they usually draw more power. This MacBook Pro also has a touchscreen, a thinner body and a glowing Apple logo on the lid. Tom's Guide says Apple added all of that without a collapse in battery life.
The material does not give a price or a ship date. The reviewer does call Apple's pricing exorbitant, especially for the OLED model. Results also come from one type of test. Streaming video, video calls or heavy creative work will drain a battery faster. Your own hours will differ.
The results matter most to people who work away from an outlet for long stretches, such as travelers, students and anyone who spends a day moving between meetings. For them, the test suggests the chip inside matters more than the screen type.
If a full day away from a charger matters, Tom's Guide's test puts the OLED MacBook Pro far ahead of the Windows laptops it was compared with.
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