But what makes it so good, and why do you need it?

But some users want more.

They might need super-accurate colors for editing photos or color-grading movies.

MacBook Pro with Liquid Retina XDR Display.

Apple

They might need the extra brightness that HDR requires.

These new MacBooks offer some crazy customizations to make all these folks happy.

ThatDisplay

First, lets check out what this baby can do.

The Mac Pro Display.

Apple

Switching this on only when needed saves energy, gives better contrast, and provides better blacks.

It also can display images three times brighter than the MacBook Air, but only in bursts.

But for today, what were interested in is the contrast and color accuracy.

Reference Modes for a Mac Display.

Apple

Reference

The MacBook Pro now offersreference modes.

Thereference modes are tailored for very specific purposesand switch off all the automatic features.

you’re free to pick modes for photography, print design, digital cinema, and more.

Photoshop open on a new Mac Pro Display.

Apple

These tweak the display profile to match specific tasks.

These are the kinds of capabilities that are utterly essential for some pro workflows.

But these extremely tight tolerances have some benefits for the general user, too.

“For more ordinary users, the real power is in photo and video applications.

But this screen is also suitable for watching movies, and in regular general use.

“What I didn’t expect was the quality of the screen in combination with the excellent speakers.

“I felt like my eyes were about to pop out because of the insanely good contrast.”

These new models have physical pixels that match the screen resolution, making everything super-crisp.

In short, this really does look like Apple’s best display everand it’s in a laptop.