AppleTrack questions what the OLED MacBook Pro's higher price buys
Sam Kohl praises the display but finds unchanged chips and awkward software behind the laptop's more expensive makeover.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 109,842 views a day, 7.2 times a normal first day on this channel (15,302).
The OLED MacBook Pro Has a Problem.
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- 0:30The body gets slightly rounded edges, lighter weight and a returning illuminated Apple logo.
- 1:35Kohl praises the tandem OLED display's contrast and low reflectance.
- 4:26He questions vertical touchscreen ergonomics and finds the macOS touch adaptations clumsy.
- 7:49Full-screen apps still sit below the Dynamic Island, which Kohl considers wasted screen space.
- 9:23Unchanged chips, ports and battery life underpin his argument that the higher price buys an incremental upgrade.
A better screen can still leave Sam Kohl unconvinced about the computer around it. In AppleTrack's "The OLED MacBook Pro Has a Problem.", he welcomes the tandem OLED display, then picks apart what buyers get beyond those deeper blacks and reduced reflections.
The review has drawn roughly 108,000 views in just under a day, more than seven times AppleTrack's usual first-day audience. It follows Kohl's iPhone Duo durability tests and his questions about the OLED iPad mini, keeping the focus on what Apple's hardware changes actually deliver.
Here, the touchscreen is only part of his objection. Kohl questions the comfort of reaching toward a vertical display and finds the macOS touch adaptations clumsy. He also points out that full-screen apps still sit below the Dynamic Island cutout, rather than taking advantage of the surrounding screen space.
His broader value argument rests on what hasn't changed: the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, ports and battery life. A lighter body, returning illuminated Apple logo and audio upgrades don't settle that question for him. "It very much feels like an S generation for the MacBook," he says. The video includes a sponsored power-bank segment.
Viewers offer a useful counterpoint to the touchscreen criticism. An iOS developer describes using touch to test apps in a simulator as they would work on a phone. Others question how much a laptop's familiar folding shape needs to change at all. Between them, the comments turn Kohl's complaint into a practical question: which changes would actually alter how someone uses a Mac?
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As an iOS developer, there is one legitimate use case that I can think of just off the top of my head. When I bring up a simulator, having a touch interface will actually let me interact with the simulator the way I would on a native iOS build.
@Everything2ASee it on YouTubeI'm going back to my 2015 macbook pro in honor of the glowing apple logo making a comeback
@corey7219See it on YouTubeTbf, I dont think there can be anymore major re-designs. What else would they do to it? Its just a metal block. Make it sharper like the old macbooks and then come back to this again?
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I think the touchscreen will go the way of the touchbar in a couple of years. It comes off a tad bit gimmicky.
@SteffGrs-j3zSee it on YouTubeI’ll wait 5 years for it to trickle down to the MacBook Air.
@SynthDSee it on YouTubeWhat the market wouldn’t have seen before is a self cleaning screen technology that occurs when you shut the lid of the display
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- Channel
- AppleTrack
- Subscribers
- 600,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 837,165
- Channel views, pace per day
- 60,548 (on a normal day: 127,684)
- Video published
- October 29, 2026
- Video views so far
- 108,446 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 109,842
The numbers
This review reached far beyond AppleTrack's usual first-day audience. Its comment count, however, was much closer to a normal opening day.
💡 Test your knowledge
Which familiar exterior feature returns on the MacBook Pro discussed by AppleTrack?
Kohl identifies the glowing Apple logo as one of the returning design details.