Apple has launched a MacBook Pro with a touchscreen. The 14-inch model starts at $2,899 and the 16-inch model starts at $3,399. It comes almost ten years after Apple's first touchscreen try, the Touch Bar, which the company later removed.
Apple built a hinge that keeps the screen steady when you tap it. That also keeps the camera still during video calls. The screen has a small pill-shaped cutout instead of the notch found on older MacBooks. The laptops use new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips.
Preorders open on October 30 and the laptops go on sale November 6. They are lighter than the older models. The 14-inch weighs 3.0 pounds and the 16-inch weighs 4.0 pounds.
π The Backstory
Apple leaders said no to touchscreen Macs for years. Steve Jobs once called the idea terrible for your body. Tim Cook also brushed it off. Even so, rumors that Apple was testing a touch model started about three years ago.
This is the second big launch under new CEO John Ternus. He also showed the company's first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, in September. One day before this launch, Apple put out a standard MacBook Pro with an M6 chip starting at $1,999.
The change matters because Apple usually waits until it thinks a feature is ready. A touchscreen Mac means Apple now agrees with what Windows laptop makers have sold for years.
π― Why It Matters
For years Apple told buyers touchscreens on laptops were a bad idea. Now it sells one. Anyone shopping for a laptop this winter has to decide whether tapping the screen is worth the higher price.
Apple has launched a MacBook Pro with a touchscreen. The 14-inch model starts at $2,899 and the 16-inch model starts at $3,399. It comes almost ten years after Apple's first touchscreen try, the Touch Bar, which the company later removed.
Apple built a hinge that keeps the screen steady when you tap it. That also keeps the camera still during video calls. The screen has a small pill-shaped cutout instead of the notch found on older MacBooks. The laptops use new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips.
Preorders open on October 30 and the laptops go on sale November 6. They are lighter than the older models. The 14-inch weighs 3.0 pounds and the 16-inch weighs 4.0 pounds.
Apple leaders said no to touchscreen Macs for years. Steve Jobs once called the idea terrible for your body. Tim Cook also brushed it off. Even so, rumors that Apple was testing a touch model started about three years ago.
This is the second big launch under new CEO John Ternus. He also showed the company's first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, in September. One day before this launch, Apple put out a standard MacBook Pro with an M6 chip starting at $1,999.
The change matters because Apple usually waits until it thinks a feature is ready. A touchscreen Mac means Apple now agrees with what Windows laptop makers have sold for years.
For years Apple told buyers touchscreens on laptops were a bad idea. Now it sells one. Anyone shopping for a laptop this winter has to decide whether tapping the screen is worth the higher price.