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Apple laptops unfortunately give me severe eye strain and headaches; I don't know why. I'm on a laptop with a beautiful OLED screen now, and my eyes are much, much happier. I would switch back to Apple if they offered OLED. I doubt they will, though. They're keen on mini-led, which is inferior in my opinion.

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I think they're aiming for micro-led, which is basically the same as OLED but not using inorganic LEDs so they don't degrade. They're using mini-led as a stop-gap.

QDLED seems like a nice option as well, but I'm not sure how easy it'd be for them to purchase. I'm very happy with my QDLED desktop monitor though.

The Mini-LED screen is not great though. Sometimes I actually miss LCD. The brightness isn't uniform (it vignettes towards the edge), and you get lighting artefacts when quickly switching from a black screen (eg switching tabs).

I had the same issue (very severe headache), and this is my solution: https://www.reddit.com/r/macbookpro/comments/rh9bdm/semiwork...

It's not what expected, it’s disappointing, and I’ll switch to a new type of display as soon as possible.

In case PWM is an issue for you, the new Macbook Air M2 might be worth trying since it finally ditches PWM.

It doesn’t help that they are shiny mirrors that force your concentration to keep focussed on the content on screen and not yourself or the stuff behind you. I wish they had a properly matte option. Back when I still used an mbp 12h a day I had these seasons of eye strain that I mostly worked-around by setting the screen black and white.

Mini-LED has significant advantage in brightness but you do have to adjust brightness in some situations with dark backgrounds to avoid blooming.

OLEDs have problems with burn-in and lower maximum brightness.

Eventually, Apple is planning to get to microLED which can combine the best characteristic of OLED and Mini-LED without the downsides.

I had the same problem. For me it was font antialiasing: eyes try to focus on the blurry text. After disabling the antialiasing I can stare at the screen for ages without any eye strain.

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