Apple launches touchscreen MacBook Pro
The gist
Apple unveiled its first touchscreen MacBook Pro, with 14- and 16-inch displays and M5 Pro or M5 Max chips, from $2,899.
The launch reverses years of Apple dismissing touch laptops and may reshape its high-end lineup.
How it unfolded
- Oct 27, 2026Apple announced the standard M6 MacBook Pro, starting at $1,999.
- Oct 28, 2026Apple unveiled its first touchscreen MacBook Pro at an event in Los Angeles, with 14- and 16-inch PROLED XDR displays and M5 Pro or M5 Max chips, starting at $2,899.
- Nov 1, 2026Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, in his "Power On" newsletter, questioned whether Apple would keep updating high-end MacBook Pros without touchscreens.
Key terms
- M5 Pro
- A high-end chip in Apple's M5 series of ARM-based systems on a chip, integrating CPU, GPU, NPU and unified memory.
Source: Wikipedia