Overview
- Apple announced the 14‑inch and 16‑inch PROLED XDR MacBook Pro with OLED touchscreens and opened preorders on Wednesday, Oct. 28 for delivery and in‑store availability beginning Nov. 6.
- The touchscreen models start at $2,899 for the 14‑inch and $3,399 for the 16‑inch and use M5 Pro and M5 Max chips rather than the newer M6 processors.
- Apple highlighted hardware changes to support touch input including a reinforced hinge, a thinner and lighter chassis, a reworked cooling system to direct airflow through the hinge, Dynamic Island, ProMotion up to 120Hz, and up to 2,000 nits peak brightness.
- Apple will sell the new touchscreen machines alongside existing non-touch M6 and M5 MacBook Pros, positioning the OLED models as an ultra‑premium option that raises the top of Apple’s price ladder.
- The shift reverses Apple’s long resistance to touch on Macs, relies on OLED panels from Samsung Display, and could push developers and macOS to adopt new touch UI patterns while putting upward pressure on laptop pricing.