Apple finally adds touchscreen to MacBook Pro after two decades of refusing
Apple unveiled its first-ever touchscreen MacBook Pro after nearly two decades of refusing it.
Apple has released a redesigned MacBook Pro with a touchscreen, OLED display and Dynamic Island. The machine is thinner and lighter, comes in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes and runs the new M5 Pro and M5 Max chips.
The 14-inch version starts at $4,599 in Australia and ships November 6. Steve Jobs famously called touch Macs "ergonomically terrible".
Tim Cook compared mixing a laptop and tablet to merging a fridge and toaster. But Cook changed his mind about four years ago and pushed to abandon that position.
The new interface is optimized for touch, bringing a feature customers have requested for years.
- $4,599
- 14-inch starting price in Australia
- M5 Pro and M5 Max chips
- Processor options
- November 6
- Release date
- Nearly two decades
- Years of refusing touchscreen
Why it mattersThis reversal signals Apple is willing to abandon long-held design dogma if market pressure demands it. The touchscreen could spark a comeback in a laptop market hit hard by chip cost inflation.
AustraliaAustralian MacBook users wanting touch now have Apple's option, though at premium pricing. The change could influence whether other Australian tech workers switch to or stay with the brand.
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