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  Touchscreen MacBook Pro is official

  @jewissX15d ago187▲view on X ↗
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  Happy birthday, @johnromero.bsky.social ! In honor of your birthday, I got Apple to release the touchscreen OLED MacBook Pros. You're welcome!

  thattomhall.bsky.socialBluesky15d ago20▲view on Bluesky ↗
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  For work I have a Windows laptop with a touch screen and these were the only times I have wanted to use it:1. The trackpad on it is so god awful that using any sort of multi finger gesture is a non-starter. In this case the touch screen works significantly better.2. I wanted to draw in a whiteboarding tool. Drawing with my finger is not ideal so I…

  miguel-munizHacker News15d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  I need a new MacBook. https://www. macrumors.com/2026/10/28/illum inated-logo-returns-to-macbook-pro/

  aleen@wandering.shopMastodon15d agoview on Mastodon ↗
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  Introducing MacBook with PROLED XDR Display! The world's best pro laptop features an industry-leading tandem OLED display, an intuitive Touch experience, game-changing M5 Pro and M5 Max performance and up to 24 hours of battery life, all in a thinner, lighter design!

  @gregjozX15d agoview on X ↗
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  Does anyone use/like touch on their windows (linux?) laptops? I've never really been drawn to wanting to do that. My mouse is far more accurate and doesn't block my view. But maybe it's just because I don't have it and I would find tons of uses for it. Also, I don't love the idea of putting fingerprints all over my screen. I guess I can understand…

  joshstrangeHacker News15d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  Apple just announced the touchscreen MacBook Pro! - Tandem OLED display - Touchscreen - The glowing Apple logo is back! - M5 Pro & M5 Max chips - Small Dynamic Island - Thinner & lighter - Starts at $2,899 for 14-inch, $3,399 for 16-inch - Available November 6th

  @brandonbutchX15d agoview on X ↗
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  It's not a huge thing. My Thinkpad has a touchscreen, a clickable trackpad, and 3 buttons on top. The only thing it doesn't have is a trackpoint in the middle of the keyboard.I use the trackpad most of the time, even for right and middle clicks (2/3 finger click), but I prefer the buttons when I have to select, and the middle button when I need to…

  rbanffyHacker News15d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  NEW: Apple announces the touch screen Macbook Pros going on sale Nov 6th starting at $2,899 for 14 in and $3,339 for 16 in. It has a “PROLED XDR” display with an M5 Pro/Max chip. WHO ASKED FOR THIS? WHO IS THIS FOR? JOBS IS ROLLING IN HIS GRAVE

  @autismcapitalX15d agoview on X ↗
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  Touch is probably not going to be useful in most contexts, but there are two things that come to mind:1. Since many iOS apps can run on Apple silicon Macs now, this might be useful for apps where touch matters for more than just clicking buttons.2. For mobile app developers, you can actually try real touches events on the simulator/emulator while…

  bilalqHacker News15d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  Apple, after two decades of spurning the idea, unveiled an overhauled MacBook Pro that includes a touch screen, giving its flagship laptop a feature that has become a must-have in the personal computer industry.

  @markgurmanX15d agoview on X ↗
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  For a long while, my home laptop was a Chromebook Pixel. It had touch and a retina-quality screen when both those things were novel.I found the touch useful for momentary interactions, like buttons. It's quicker and easier to reach up and hit NEXT than it is to find the cursor, move it to the button, and click.Definitely don't use it nearly as…

  bsimpsonHacker News15d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  We brought Touch to the Mac! From the all-new iPad mini to the 14-inch MacBook Pro and iMac... and now MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch, creators have new tools to do their best work yet.

  @tim_cookX15d agoview on X ↗
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  I got a 24" all in one computer with a touch screen because the kids were into drawing on the computer. The kids managed to scratch it up somehow, they had a stylus and I think the tip broke.Anyway that experience made me think that touching a super high image quality screen will only lead to heartbreak. Better to use a cheap screen if you want to…

  opwieurposiuHacker News15d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  Apple introduced its first Touchscreen MacBook Pro. - Starts at $2899 - PROLED XDR Display - Touchscreen - M5 Pro or M5 Max - Up to 16TB and 128GB RAM - lighter at 3lbs - Light up logo

  @zollotechX15d agoview on X ↗
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  For local LLM people:(for comparison, M4 pro has 273 GB/s and M1 pro has 200GB/s and M1 max has 400GB/s)M5 Pro (20-core GPU): 307 GB/s memory bandwidth (supports 24 GB, 48 GB, 64 GB).M5 Max (32-core GPU): 460 GB/s memory bandwidth. (36 GB)M5 Max (40-core GPU): 614 GB/s memory bandwidth (supports 48 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB)

  thehamkercatHacker News15d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  Putting touch on the Mac is a classic 180. I go deep on this w John Ternus and other Apple execs. And get a first look at the MacBook Pro.

  @stevenlevyX15d agoview on X ↗
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  I use a Wacom Cintiq with touch, it is only useful for testing during mobile gamedev because it can simulate touch easily without leaving the editor and having to export a build to my phone or tablet. Quite an expensive trick. I wouldn’t purchase it again if it broke. (I would buy the same model without touch and save some bucks)

  nanapipiraraHacker News15d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  “There's one other thing about this MacBook Pro that you're really going to like...” ... Glowing Apple logo .... Startup Chime ... I'm dead🥹

  @classicii_mrmacX15d agoview on X ↗
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  There's no universe this doesn't negatively affect the UX of the OS for non-touch users. You can't simply support (or rather you can half-arse) new affordances without contorting the rest of the already well worn paths.

  sim04fulHacker News15d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  Mobile devs this one's for you: test your apps directly on the MacBook Pro's touchscreen!!!! 👆📲

  @pikacodesX15d agoview on X ↗
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  What's the point of a touch display if the laptop doesn't have a 360 hinge !? The interaction looks very awkward and unless they stiffen the hinge compared to previous model, the thin screen will keep tilting backwards.

  chakintoshHacker News15d agoview on Hacker News ↗
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  Hands on with the touch MacBook Pro! Full multi-touch supported, no Apple Pencil though.

  @viticciX15d agoview on X ↗
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  I have used Surface laptops for years and touch is a definite nice-to-have. I especially like having it when diagramming and designing. Paired with the Surface Pen is can really unlock a lot of digital whiteboarding experiences.

  ghawkescsHacker News15d agoview on Hacker News ↗