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💻Apple Unveils OLED MacBook Pro With Touchscreen Starting at $2,899

Your next MacBook Pro might finally have a touchscreen

TL;DR

Apple's MacBook Pro redesign adds an OLED touchscreen with 2,000 nits and a 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio, plus M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. Preorders are open today and devices ship November 6. The 14-inch starts at $2,899, so budget accordingly.

Apple just put an OLED touchscreen in the MacBook Pro, and the price is the catch. Preorders open today, and the machines ship November 6. If you live in Xcode, Docker, or local model inference, the M5 Pro and M5 Max tiers are the real story. Memory tops out at 128GB of RAM and storage now goes up to 16TB, so you can run big local workloads without reaching for a cloud instance. The Dynamic Island replaces the notch, which means live activities and status info finally sit where your eyes already are. The display hits 2,000 nits peak brightness with a 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio and keeps the 120 Hz variable refresh rate. The 14-inch model weighs 3 pounds. Pricing starts at $2,899 for the M5 Pro 14-inch, $3,399 for the 16-inch, $4,499 for the M5 Max 14-inch, and $4,799 for the M5 Max 16-inch. Worth watching: whether the touchscreen actually gets used on a laptop that Apple has long argued doesn't need one.

Apple Unveils OLED MacBook Pro With Touchscreen Starting at $2,899 — Ars Technica

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The 14-inch M5 Pro model starts at $2,899, while the 16-inch model starts at $3,399 for buyers who want more screen real estate.

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