Apple Unveils Touchscreen MacBook Pro: A Bold Move at a Premium Price

Apple MacBook Pro Gets Touchscreen For The First Time, With An Eye-Watering Price Tag

10/29/2026

Apple has introduced its first touchscreen MacBook Pro, bringing touch controls to its professional laptop lineup alongside a new tandem OLED display and M5 Pro and M5 Max processors. The new...

PCMag

Hands On: Apple Finally Made a Touch-Screen MacBook Pro—and It’s Stunning

10/29/2026

In Los Angeles, I've just tried one of Apple's overhauled, OLED-enhanced, and touch-enabled MacBook Pro laptops. It's an eyeful—and it teases a new age for MacBooks.

iPhone in Canada

First Hands-On With Apple’s Touchscreen MacBook Pro

10/28/2026

Apple’s first MacBook Pro you can touch was already on tables in Los Angeles today, and media and creators got their hand on it before anyone else. The new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR is the first...

Fox Business

Apple breaks with longtime MacBook policy, introduces touchscreen laptops at higher prices

10/28/2026

Apple introduced its first touchscreen MacBook Pro on Wednesday, reversing its longstanding approach to laptop design as the company rolls out new models with higher starting prices. The...

Apple Embraces Touchscreens with New MacBook Pro, Defying Jobs' Legacy

Daring Fireball

Steven Levy on the New MacBook Pro, With, Yes, a Touchscreen

10/29/2026

Steven Levy, writing at Wired with the scoop on the new MacBook Pros (News+ link): This turnaround is a big deal to Apple fans. Ternus shrugs off the drama. "The Mac is first and foremost an...

Business Today

Jobs said no to a touchscreen Mac. Ternus says it’s Apple’s next big bet

10/29/2026

16 years ago, Jobs publicly dismissed the idea of bringing touch support to MacBook screens. However, Apple has finally launched a MacBook Pro with touch display, marking a significant shift in...

Fast Company

Apple was always against touchscreen Macs. What changed?

10/28/2026

The new "PROLED" MacBook Pro is the first with a full touchscreen, but don't expect any drastic changes.

Bloomberg

Apple Unveils Touch-Screen MacBook Pro, Marking Shift From Jobs Era

10/28/2026

Apple Inc., after two decades of spurning the idea, unveiled an overhauled MacBook Pro that includes a touch screen, giving its flagship laptop a feature that has become a must-have in the...

Apple Breaks Tradition by Unveiling Touchscreen MacBooks and Developer Resources

The Hindu

Apple shows pricey touchscreen laptops, a first for the iPhone maker

10/29/2026

JohnTernus took the stage at an Apple event in Los Angeles and showed a MacBook ⁠Pro model with an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display

Reuters

Apple shows pricey touchscreen laptops, a first for the iPhone maker

10/28/2026

Apple CEO John Ternus unveiled the company's first touchscreen MacBooks on Wednesday, abandoning a long-held aversion to the technology as it caps a burst of product launches ahead of the holiday...

9to5Mac

Apple releases touchscreen Mac developer videos, with live sessions coming in November

10/28/2026

Apple has announced a series of videos and upcoming live sessions to help developers optimize their apps for touchscreen Macs. Here are the details.

MacStories

Apple Kicks Off Touch on Mac Developer Resources with Videos and Labs

10/28/2026

Source: Apple As part of the introduction of Touch on the OLED MacBook Pros today, Apple has begun rolling out resources for developers. Apple’s press release explains that many third-party apps...

iPhone in Canada

Apple Tells Developers How Touch Will Work on the Mac

10/28/2026

Apple has published details about Touch on Mac, giving developers their first clear look at how apps should behave on the new MacBook Pro with a PROLED XDR touchscreen. The new website is called,...

CNBC

Apple brings touch to the Mac, reversing years-old stance on touchscreen laptop

10/28/2026

Apple announces a new touchscreen laptop, the company's third major launch under new CEO John Ternus.

Reuters

Apple expected to show first touchscreen laptops amid product blitz

10/28/2026

Apple is expected to unveil its first touchscreen MacBooks on Wednesday, abandoning a long-held aversion to the technology as it caps a burst of product launches ahead of the crucial holiday...

iPhone in Canada

Why Apple Finally Put a Touchscreen on the Mac, According to Ternus

10/28/2026

Why did Apple wait more than a decade to put a finger on a Mac screen? New Apple CEO John Ternus gave Wired the clearest answer yet in an exclusive interview. His reason comes down to one rule....

MacRumors

Apple Executives Explain Why the MacBook Pro Finally Has a Touch Screen

10/28/2026

Apple CEO John Ternus explained Apple's thinking on the MacBook Pro's new touch capabilities in an interview with Wired. Despite the addition of a touch display, Apple still sees the ‌MacBook Pro‌...

9to5Mac

Ternus addresses Apple breaking touchscreen Mac taboo: ‘Who knew?’

10/28/2026

In an interview with WIRED, Apple executives including CEO John Ternus, hardware chief Johny Srouji, and marketing chief Greg "Joz" Joswiak discussed the company’s decision to bring touch to the...