Hands-on with Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro

October 28, 2026 Terrence O’Brien

The MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display on a pedestal in crowded press area.
The difference in thickness is small compared to the non-touch MacBook Pro models.

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 and touch a laptop screen, the company has put some effort into making macOS more touch-friendly.

The new 14-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display weighs just 3 pounds, which is noticeably lighter than the current generation of non-touch MacBook Pros, which start at 3.4 pounds for the newly introduced M6 mo …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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