Macworld Podcast: Apple’s new touchscreen MacBook Pro
Roman is a Macworld Senior Editor with over 30 years of experience covering the tech industry, focusing on the Mac and other products in the Apple ecosystem. He is also the host of the Macworld…
Roman is a Macworld Senior Editor with over 30 years of experience covering the tech industry, focusing on the Mac and other products in the Apple ecosystem. He is also the host of the Macworld…
“Touch” isn’t in the name because it’s not the most important new feature of the new MacBook Pro. In fact, I think it’s the least important feature, and there are other aspects of the laptop…
What makes the touchscreen MacBook especially baffling is how unnecessary it is. Apple already figured out the touchscreen setup back in 2019, and it’s been hiding in plain sight all these years. Sidecar attachment Sidecar…
The touchscreen models retain the same chip families, memory capacities and advertised battery endurance as their equivalent non-touch M5 models, making this primarily an upgrade to the display, design and how users interact with their…
However, the Touch Bar suffered from what seemed like neglect from Apple. Its performance never really improved, and it never evolved beyond those early days. Five years ago, I wrote about how I really tried…
Rumors suggest the options for the new laptops will be the same as the current crop but won’t replace them. Rather, they’ll exist as premium options alongside the existing models. It’s not clear whether they’ll…
A new macOS To be completely honest, I’m not really excited about a touchscreen on a MacBook Pro. I’m unable to imagine how the way I use my Mac can be enhanced by my fingers…
The timing would be fitting. The MacBook Pro celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2026, and Apple could mark the milestone with a feature many believed would never come to the Mac. Touchscreen support would also…
macOS 27 changes to accommodate touch, part 1: Safari• Tabs lift and scale as you drag to reorder.• Tap and hold a tab to open its context menu. The touch menu omits “Ask Siri.” Added…
NEW: Apple’s big October will continue on the 27th with a second event to launch the first touch-screen MacBooks, OLED iPad mini and M6 14-inch MacBook Pro & iMac. It follows the smart home launch…