"and an unusually high 500 nit brightness." I consider this above average, but not unusually high. For the past couple years the MacBook pro can do a peak of 1

"and an unusually high 500 nit brightness." I consider this above average, but not unusually high. For the past couple years the MacBook pro can do a peak of 1000nits HDR (unlockable to do it with apps like lunar for outdoor computing). There has also been the MSI creator 17 that supports 1000 nits brightness, and some HP laptop models that do high brightness though more for their 'sureview' screen security feature