Overview
- The new 14‑ and 16‑inch MacBook Pro, which Apple announced Wednesday, Oct. 28, is available for preorder and will begin shipping and appearing in Apple Stores on Nov. 6.
- Apple built the laptop around a two‑layer PROLED XDR tandem OLED that the company says reaches up to 2,000 nits of brightness and a 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio with anti‑reflective and optional nano‑texture finishes.
- Touch is presented as an indirect input for pros, with a touch digitizer integrated into the panel, a reinforced hinge for stability, and macOS changes that translate touches into mouse‑like clicks for existing apps.
- The touchscreen models carry a roughly $400 premium over non‑touch versions with U.S. starting prices of $2,899 for the 14‑inch and $3,399 for the 16‑inch, while fully loaded 16‑inch builds can approach about $14,549 because of top memory and storage upgrades.
- The change reverses Apple’s long‑held aversion to laptop touch, depends on scarce Gen‑8 OLED fabs for the advanced panels, and could tighten supply and raise costs for high‑end laptop displays across the industry.