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Apple Unveils Touchscreen MacBook Pro with OLED Display
· Confirmed
In Short: Apple has unveiled the first touchscreen MacBook Pro, featuring the PROLED XDR Display.
At a 'Pro and Tell' event in Los Angeles, Apple introduced the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, marking the first time a Mac has featured a touchscreen.
The new model comes in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes, powered by M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, and is available for pre-order starting October 30, with availability beginning November 6.
According to 9to5Toys, the PROLED XDR Display is the highlight of the new MacBook Pro, offering double the peak brightness of previous models at 1,200 nits and a 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio.
Engadget reported that the new display can recharge the battery to 50 percent of its capacity in 30 minutes with at least a 35W power adapter.
The base price for the new MacBook Pro starts at $2,899, a $150 increase from the previous model, which saw a price hike in June.
Man of Many noted that the new MacBook Pro, alongside the OLED iPad mini, totals $4,298, highlighting the significant financial investment required.
Mashable pointed out that Steve Jobs had previously dismissed touchscreen laptops at Apple’s 'Back to the Mac' event in 2010, calling the idea 'ergonomically terrible.'
TechRepublic noted that the new MacBook Pro models feature PROLED XDR tandem OLED displays, marking the first touchscreen experience on a Mac.
The Next Web reported that the 14-inch version weighs 3 pounds, half a pound less than before, and the 16-inch version weighs 4 pounds, with Apple promising up to 24 hours of battery life.
MacRumors explained that the new models could be up to $500 higher than the existing models with mini-LED displays and M5 Pro and M5 Max chips.
PetaPixel highlighted that the new MacBook Pro marks the biggest change to the popular notebook series since Apple moved to its own Apple Silicon M-series chips in 2020.
What's confirmed
- The name certainly doesn’t roll off the tongue the way I had hoped, but it does have a super slick new OLED display – arguably the best Apple has ever put on a MacBook – and also happens to be the very first touchscreen Mac.
What's still developing
- Alongside pre-orders for the new brand new OLED iPad mini, M6 MacBook Pro, and the new M6 iMac, today’s most exciting new unveil from Apple has arrived as well, the new touchscreen-equipped MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and the light-up Apple logo is now also available for pre-order.
- The new PROLED XDR Display model is also the first to deliver Dynamic Island action as opposed to the notch.
- But perhaps, most exciting of all, it marks the return of the glowing lit-up Apple logo around back (okay, the display is clearly the highlight here, but the logo light is back and I’m stoked!).
- Apple wasn't done with its product reveals for the fall after unveiling the iPhone Duo, iPhone 18 Pro models and an array of smart home devices.
- Tuesday brought us an M6-powered iMac and 14-inch MacBook Pro.
- Apple’s blockbuster week of hardware announcements has reached its climax at the “Pro and Tell” event, following the OLED iPad mini launch, the desktop M6 iMac, and yesterday’s M6 MacBook Pro.
- While it likely won’t matter to video and photo pros who shoot open gate 6K and need the power, if we put that investment level into perspective, picking up yesterday’s base 1TB M6 MacBook Pro (AUD$3,199) alongside the new OLED iPad mini (AUD$1,099) totals AUD$4,298.
- However, we know that good things don’t come cheap, and with an entry price of USD$2,899 (AUD$4,599), Apple’s demanding a serious financial premium for its touch-enabled flagship laptop.
- Two weeks after the company’s "Welcome Home" smart home launch, Apple held its "Pro and Tell" event in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
- Apple Upgrade leases start at $38.99 per month for 36 months.
- Apple’s 14-inch touchscreen MacBook Pro starts at US$2,899, while the 16-inch model starts at US$3,399, and a fully maxed-out configuration with 16 terabytes of storage and 128 gigabytes of memory costs US$14,549.
- Apple Unveils Its First-Ever MacBook Pro With a Touchscreen OLED Apple has announced its first-ever touchscreen-equipped Macs.