u/Relative-Basil3000

I just can't believe how well this machine has aged. 16" M1 Max with 64GB of Ram and the 32C GPU.

Nearly 5 years later, and It has NEVER failed me.

It goes with me everywhere and has seen plenty of docked use and non-docked use at coffee shops, planes, you name it. I don't baby it, and it still looks dang near perfect outside from some worn keys...which I consider a badge of honor.

I'm able to run decently big local LLMS like Gemma 4 26B, while I have a Claude Cowork and Code session + dozens of chrome tabs and other apps on (Slack, Numbers, standard office stuff) and it just shreds through everything. When I'm really pushing the limits I'll feel some sluggishness, but it's rare!

These M series devices are just something else. Every time I think about upgrading, I come back to... why?

I haven't found OLED to be all that great. I've tried QD-OLED in both 4k (Gigabyte) and 1440p (Alienware).

The Gigabyte I wasn't happy with. I can't explain it.

The Alienware was awful. Genuinely awful. Text fringing was so bad and nothing fixed it. Even Mac Type. I wouldn't wish 1440p QD-OLED on my worst enemy for this reason.

WellI I'm an idiot and decided to give OLED more shot. I went with the MO27Q28GR on Amazon Prime sale.

Holy crap! 4th Gen WOLED is great. Text quality is so much better and the peak brightness... 1500 nits! In Jedi Fallen Order the light sabers look epic.

It's still 1440p, but I'm amazed. If I needed to, I could definitely work on this. Gray banding is not an issue on mine at all, and the text is serviceable.

If you are thinking about getting an OLED, I can absolutely recommend going WOLED.

I have been on the hunt for the best 27" 4k, Mini-LED, high-zone count, great local dimming algorithm monitor after being exposed to the 25G64. I picked that up a few months ago for dirt cheap and it's been my daily driver. I've tried OLED and still keep coming back to the TCL. Even with only 180 dimming zones, the algorithm is great and HDR gaming has been a lot of fun on it.

So I've been keeping a close eye on their new monitors, and they are rolling out new ones in the USA. A few are available for Prime shipping.

C2A Pro is listed at $999
C2A is listed at $899
P3A is listed at $699

For the C2A Pro, that is roughly double the price in China.

Still, I'm tempted to get it. With a massive 2000 nits peak brightness, 2304 dimming zones, brand-new IPS technology (they call it HFS Shoot), and hopefully a great algorithm, it feels like it could be worth the cost.

Anyone else interested in these monitors? Are you going to pull the trigger?

My local Micro Center has these in both black and white. The black version is ~$650 which seems pretty good for a 4k QD-OLED! The white is ~$710 and my understanding is the only difference is the color. And the box the white one comes in is way cooler lol.

It looks like they are marketed for Mac users, which I am. But I also have a desktop so it'll be interesting to see if this makes a nice blended use OLED monitor.