Apple releases its first touchscreen MacBook Pro with OLED display
Summarised from 2 outlets · 3 reports · Updated 30 Oct, 12:23 · Archive
Apple has released MacBook Pro models with touchscreens and OLED displays, starting at $2,899 for the 14-inch version.
Apple has finally released a MacBook with a touchscreen, the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display. The 14-inch model starts at $2,899 and the 16-inch at $3,399. Both feature OLED screens with reference-calibre displays that support Apple CMF 2026 color modes, with notably rich blacks, bright output and infinite contrast compared to the previous Mini LED MacBook Pros.
The display panels are manufactured in a Gen-8 OLED Fab, one of only four such cutting-edge facilities in the world. The PROLED XDR panel is less than a millimetre thick but comprises 50 layers, with two stacks of OLED containing 30 layers each, some just a nanometre thick. These massive manufacturing facilities improve yield, efficiency and costs.
The touchscreen functionality itself operates as a standard touchscreen. Some UI elements in macOS magnify or expand when tapped. However, one reviewer suggests Apple may have placed the touchscreen on the wrong model: the more expensive MacBook Pro rather than the more mainstream MacBook Air, limiting the technology's potential audience.
Apple's previous two CEOs had stated the company would not put touchscreens in laptops. The MacBook Pro models with touchscreens include Apple's M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, while the non-touchscreen 14-inch model announced earlier features the M6 chip.
How it is being reported
- The touchscreen MacBook Pro is just a MacBook Pro with a touchscreenApple's long-awaited touchscreen MacBook Pro is finally here. I got to try this MacBook that, according to the last two Apple CEOs, shouldn't exist. The most surprising thing is how normal it is. The MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display (what a name) has one of the nicest screens I've seen on a laptop. The […]The Verge · 30 Oct, 12:00
- I can't stop looking at the touchscreen MacBook Pro display, and now I know why — it's a tech unicornWhy does the touchscreen MacBook Pro display look so good? A bespoke manufacturing process might have something to do with it.TechRadar · 29 Oct, 22:00
- Oops! Apple just put its first laptop touchscreen on the wrong MacBookOpinion: Apple’s first MacBook Pro with a touchscreen looks good — but I’d rather have a touchscreen MacBook AirTechRadar · 29 Oct, 16:17
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