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Apple has introduced the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, marking the company's first laptop to feature a touchscreen. Available in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes, the new machines start at $2,899 and $3,399, respectively. The laptops run on Apple's M5 Pro and M5 Max chips and shed noticeable weight, with the 14-inch model coming in at 3 pounds compared to 3.4 pounds for the non-touch version with an M6 chip. [1][2]
The laptop features a tandem OLED panel reaching 2,000 nits of brightness with a 120Hz refresh rate and a 10 million to 1 contrast ratio that Apple describes as industry leading. The screen ditches the traditional notch for a smaller, interactive Dynamic Island, and the hardware revives Apple's glowing lid logo. While users can pinch, tap, and drag directly on the screen, there is no support for the Apple Pencil. Apple promises touch optimization for applications such as Microsoft Office, Notion, Zoom, and Adobe Lightroom. [1]
The hardware update also brings three Thunderbolt 5 ports, HDMI, SDXC, MagSafe, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 6, alongside redesigned woofers delivering 50% more bass. The release marks a sharp strategic shift for Apple, which avoided touchscreen MacBooks for more than a decade after Steve Jobs famously dismissed the ergonomics of reaching up to tap a laptop display. [1][2]
Steve Jobs famously called touchscreen laptops "ergonomically terrible," and for over a decade, Apple stridently refused to make one. Today that all changes with the MacBook Pro - the company's first laptop to embrace a touch interface. While it's unlikely that Apple can fix all the "terrible" ergonomics of having to lift your arm up…
via The Verge
The new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display boasts a brilliant display and touchscreen support in a remarkably light 3 pound design. Here's my first impressions.
via Tom’s Guide