MacBook Pro with touch screen
This is why Mac enthusiasts will remember this day. Apple used to say that touchscreen Macs are a bad idea, but times and Apple have changed. For some reason, Apple thinks the time is right to launch its first touchscreen MacBook Pro, and it’s expected to debut later this month.
It’s a major change for the MacBook. Along with the touchscreen, the new display will reportedly be based on OLED technology, which is also new to the MacBook Pro, replacing the Liquid Retina XDR (mini-LED) displays that Apple currently uses. OLEDs offer better energy efficiency and better color quality, so this should be a noticeable improvement. The new laptop, which will reportedly run M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, is also expected to have a “significantly” lighter and slightly thinner design.
Aside from the hardware, it will be intriguing to see what Apple does with macOS to make touch input more friendly. The macOS 27.2 beta has touch elements and these will be key to the success of the touchscreen MacBook Pro. Apple has refined macOS over the years to work with a cursor, so adding touch will require a change in mindset.
MacBook Pro M6
Apple currently sells the M5 MacBook Pro, but now that the M6 made its debut with the Mac mini, it’s time for an upgrade. If the M6 Mac mini benchmarks are any indication, we should see a 25 percent increase in multi-core performance and a 10 percent improvement in single-core speed over the M5.
Apple is not expected to change the design of the M6 MacBook Pro.
Foundry
Apple places this 14-inch MacBook Pro with an entry-level M-series chip between the MacBook Air and higher-end MacBook Pro models. Apple is not expected to make any other changes to this laptop, making it an ideal “tweener” model. Learn more about the M6 MacBook Pro.
iMac M6
The entry-level M6 chip is also coming to the iMac, replacing the M4 model released two years ago. Like the MacBook Pro M6, this update is expected to be primarily a chip upgrade, but it’s likely to also get Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 with the N1 chip, like the Mac mini M6.
