The display lid of the MBA M2 does not contain the logic board, batteries, speakers and other parts.
That's exactly my point. An OLED panel isn't going to make much difference in how thin the device is because the current displays are very thin. Most of the thickness comes from the logic board, batteries, speakers and other parts.
Portions of the OLED TVs that do not contain the I/O, logicboard, speakers and power supply located on them tend to have to be ~5mm thick.
I have yet to hear of any incidents of bendgate considering you dont sit on most TVs most of the time.
I don't think you can compare a portable device to a TV that's not to be stationary. Just because the TV sits there or is attached to a wall versus laptop or tablet is carried with you. Perhaps something like an iMac would be comparable to a TV because it also sits there but unfortunately, the iMac has the name Apple attached to it. Someone, somewhere will bend their iMac and blame Apple for this. Look at all the threads of people bending iPads because they put them loosely in a bag with other objects.
The thinner iMac would result in a lighter & more compact product to ship. Resulting in more iMacs per shipping pallet for logistics cost savings.
It also means less BoM.
I totally agree with this, but it is very marginal compared to possible recalls due to bending or extra costs to make a thinner frame. How much is Apple going to save by making the display part of the iMac thinner since the box that comes in is significantly thicker than the display already.
I am fairly certain that the 1st PowerBook 100 & iMac G3 users felt the same way when the successor designs started shrinking in dimensions and weight.
When Macs end up being as thin as A4 paper people who have been using them for half a century would claim that it is too thin or too light. Worrying that a gust of wind will push them off tables.
I totally agree that one day we're going to have a laptop display that's not much thicker than a sheet of paper or maybe even a hologram. I don't think making the iMac significantly thinner is going to be Apple's priority over other aspects of the iMac. I don't think there's anyone in Apple engineering thinking if we could just make this thing half as thick it would be so much better.
As to the MacBooks being thinner, I think where it's at is going to be the body not the display. The current display is already paper thin well not literally but it's very thin so there's very little room for improvement. I think they could make some improvements was making the body thinner. A good example is my MacBook Air lid with the display is about 3 mm thick. Perhaps they could get that down to 2 mm but that's only 1 mm saving.
My measurements are kind of rough since I don't have a micrometer. I am using a ruler. I couldn't find any spec sheet showing the thickness of the display. It will be interesting to know the thickness of the display and how much thicker it is around the border, where they seem to have reinforced it.
