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On today's chart 1.2M views since yesterday

Marques Brownlee's PROLED MacBook verdict starts with the display

His full review finds a standout screen and a lighter body, but side-by-side tests show no extra speed over the MiniLED model.

Channel: Marques Brownlee Story of Trari Newsroom

Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 1,228,948 views.

Macbook PROLED Review: It's Not About ThatMacbook PROLED Review: It's Not About That

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  1. 1:14Brownlee identifies the tandem OLED display as the main attraction, comparing brightness, contrast and screen finishes.
  2. 5:14Both laptop sizes have thinner, lighter bodies than their predecessors.
  3. 6:09Matching M5 Max models deliver identical performance in his tests, but the PROLED model runs its fans faster.
  4. 8:45Smaller upgrades include the glowing Apple logo, stronger bass, improved webcam stabilization and expanded storage options.
  5. 10:04Touch input responds well, but Brownlee finds little reason to use it on a traditional clamshell laptop.
  6. 12:45He argues that already-capable Apple Silicon laptops make compelling upgrade reasons harder to find.

Apple's first touchscreen laptop gives Marques Brownlee plenty to admire, just not much reason to reach past the keyboard. The real attraction in his new MacBook Pro review is what he sees rather than what he taps.

"Turns out, it's the best display I think I've ever seen in any laptop," Brownlee says of the tandem OLED PROLED XDR screen. His review drew about 1.2 million views in under five hours after going up today.

Brownlee examines brightness, color accuracy and the choice between glossy and nanotexture finishes. He also explains the absence of blooming, the halo that can appear around bright objects against a dark background: OLED's individually lit pixels don't need a backlight.

His October impressions already put weight savings ahead of touch. The full review adds a useful test of that thinner design: matching M5 Max laptops, one MiniLED and one PROLED, running side by side. Brownlee finds identical performance, although the PROLED model spins its fans faster. Less laptop to carry doesn't mean more computing power.

There are smaller changes to enjoy, including punchier speaker bass, better webcam stabilization and the return of the glowing Apple logo. That last detail has its own following in the comments, where some viewers are still using older MacBooks with illuminated lids.

Touch input is responsive, Brownlee finds, but rarely necessary in a conventional clamshell. Several commenters tell similar stories about trying their laptop touchscreens at first, then largely forgetting them; an iPad user offers the opposite perspective, describing the habit of reaching for a MacBook screen.

Apple supplied the review laptop, and the video closes with a promotional segment for dbrand skins.

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The facts
Subscribers
21,400,000
Channel views, last 7 days
28,459,424
Channel views, pace per day
2,060,099 (on a normal day: 4,016,020)
Video published
November 11, 2026

The numbers

The review passed a million views within its first few hours. That is its audience so far, not a full day's total.

subscribers
21,400,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
5,889,255,869
views per day
2,060,099
typical day: 4,016,020
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As of November 11, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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