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Tempted to place my order in for the Touch screen Macbook Pro. Thanks for the heads up, Gurman! 
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Apple Reportedly Working on Touchscreen Macs, Including MacBook Pro
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Yeah I discovered yesterday after nearly 3 months that my corp Dell has a touch screen. I disabled it in device manager immediately.
I feel like the only reason why apple would waste energy on this is because windows laptops have it as a feature even though hardly anyone uses it or even realises it’s there.
So when you want to sell in say, 50,000 laptops into enterprise there will be some buying manager who just compares feature lists and is a windows guy and will say ”dell and Lenovo laptops have touch screens and macbooks don’t, so we’re getting better value with the windows laptops”. and then that’s it, 50,000 sales gone.
And enterprise sales at apple will be moaning saying we‘re losing sales because of this stupid thing. Tim looks at the numbers and thinks, might as well, thats an easy few million in sales.
Tim doesnt really care as long as it shuts people up and increase sales I’m sure hes all for it. The reality is no one will really use it much, just like in the pc world. And it will just be a feature ticked off the list to help sales.
So when you want to sell in say, 50,000 laptops into enterprise there will be some buying manager who just compares feature lists and is a windows guy and will say ”dell and Lenovo laptops have touch screens and macbooks don’t, so we’re getting better value with the windows laptops”. and then that’s it, 50,000 sales gone.
And enterprise sales at apple will be moaning saying we‘re losing sales because of this stupid thing. Tim looks at the numbers and thinks, might as well, thats an easy few million in sales.
Tim doesnt really care as long as it shuts people up and increase sales I’m sure hes all for it. The reality is no one will really use it much, just like in the pc world. And it will just be a feature ticked off the list to help sales.
So don't use that feature. Problem solved.
Bet this rumor will end up true with the foldable display MacBook Pro and hopefully isn’t considered or presented as a feature until that’s achieved
I do like the trackpad better on my wife's Air than my PC laptop though. I just have to remember to hold command to right click.
Then have the ability to more closely link an iPd and a Mac so the iPad can be used as the touch screen, but they can both be used independently for what they are both better suited for.
All your polishing cloths belong to me!!!!Tempted to place my order in for the Touch screen Macbook Pro. Thanks for the heads up, Gurman!
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And LOL they could waive that $8 shipping. And with all that tax I would find someone in DE to send them to.
To me the direction of bringing iPad and Mac closer together was obvious for a few years now. Just see where iPad went. iPad with mouse support? Check. Magic Keyboard with trackpad? Check. Multitasking? Check. Multiple displays? Check.
And now Macs run the same processor. And MacOS has the same multitasking model added. Not to mention FANLESS laptops?
Apple usually does not rush into things and they generally implement stuff when they know how to do it - unlike competition who often does it the moment it's technically feasible.
Imagine iPad Pro + Magic Keyboard running MacOS. Stuff extra battery in the keyboard, make the screen detachable, have the whole thing dock into a display. You get tablet laptop and desktop all in one. They'd be crazy not to at least explore this, even if it's just a MacBook Air.
And now Macs run the same processor. And MacOS has the same multitasking model added. Not to mention FANLESS laptops?
Apple usually does not rush into things and they generally implement stuff when they know how to do it - unlike competition who often does it the moment it's technically feasible.
Imagine iPad Pro + Magic Keyboard running MacOS. Stuff extra battery in the keyboard, make the screen detachable, have the whole thing dock into a display. You get tablet laptop and desktop all in one. They'd be crazy not to at least explore this, even if it's just a MacBook Air.
They've already shredded the last copy of the Human Interface Guidelines, so why not?
Yeah there isn't a decent PC trackpad out there.
Actually my favourite PC laptop was a ThinkPad X201. No touch screen. No touchpad. Just a trackpoint and decent keyboard.
NO...No no no no no.
I am already refusing to upgrade to Ventura on any machines I own because the system preferences is a complete bastardisation of something that worked well.
Seriously considering the next "upgrade" will be to Linux.
This has got to be a fake report. It makes zero sense and a waste of engineering efforts. I think there is a bigger chance of macOS working on an iPad than a Mac having a touch screen.
My office laptop has a touchscreen. Never, ever used it. I get it, some people expect it, and some people use it. My own experience is that nobody I know uses a touch screen on a laptop.
Tim Cook is just a money guy. He is not a visionary. Apples desktop line is all convoluted. Heading down the same road they did when they kicked Steve Jobs out. The question is who is going to rescue they this time. Things are going to continue to get worse with Tim Cook at the helm.
Agreed that Apple made it clear years ago that everything would move towards a single platform.
Regarding your comment about not rushing into things (which I agree with) - how much of this is waiting to get it right vs. slow walking us through 10 years of incremental updates? Why release the penultimate version when you can sell the same customer a new iPhone/iPad/MacBook yearly for a decade?
It's about time. I love Lenovo's Yoga laptop series which has touchscreen, includes a pen, and Windows OS is seamless. I don't understand why Apple has not blended their iOS and OS X.