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MacBook Pro With OLED Touch Screen Launching as Soon as 2026
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Surface pro beats anything Mac . Microsoft just got it right with that recipe.Would rather want an Air class touchscreen device with a detachable keyboard (or at least "flip over") and pen support.
Mostly a Surface Pro but from Apple
Yes but without the phone os🤣
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Looking forward to seeing this redesign. Like the touch screen but definitely don't want to see the price increase due to it. A stronger hinge is good. With the OLED display, 120Hz scrolling in Safari should be more visible/prominent. Think the price will be $2199 for the 14" inch and $2699 for the 16". Would like to see a 16" with base M6 chip and also some new colors. A cellular option will also be nice to have along with the redesign. Don't know whether Apple will have that with M5 Pro/Max chip or wait for M6.
Yes, but with user profiles and ability to run desktop apps. Preferably with pen support.
To be honest - user profiles on iPad would be also fine even with the limited apps and multitask capabilities iPadOS has.
The ThinkPad X41 released in 2005 also had a trackpad and keyboard, and an integrated mouse, the "nipple." And, that's 20 years ago!
Maybe something like this one?
Don't know whether that is even possible with Apple, might be like the Apple (mis)Intelligence..
Don't know whether that is even possible with Apple, might be like the Apple (mis)Intelligence..
Having a device that that can flip from mouse and keyboard ui (and an external monitor) to touch instantly, is obviously the future.
But isn’t that what Apple is (sometimes seemingly reluctantly) building with the iPad and iPadOS?
I could see this working though.
This MacBook (MacPad?) could fold back and turn into a slightly thicker iPad for creative work and more comfortable browsing and watching video - and using any iPad app.
It’ll be interesting how usable macOS apps are in that form factor and whether Apple will add a touchui mode that can be bolted into Mac apps - or whether you’re simply expected to use iPad apps in that state.
Touch in the clamshell form will be mostly terrible though, but I guess some people like it.
Honestly - I think that Apple should just keep on adding elements of the Mac to iPadOS to enable more complex content creation etc than to make this product.
To paraphrase Steve jobs - let the Mac be the (still very stylish)powerful truck that can do anything.
And let the iPad be the car - that can do most things that people want from a computing device.
But isn’t that what Apple is (sometimes seemingly reluctantly) building with the iPad and iPadOS?
I could see this working though.
This MacBook (MacPad?) could fold back and turn into a slightly thicker iPad for creative work and more comfortable browsing and watching video - and using any iPad app.
It’ll be interesting how usable macOS apps are in that form factor and whether Apple will add a touchui mode that can be bolted into Mac apps - or whether you’re simply expected to use iPad apps in that state.
Touch in the clamshell form will be mostly terrible though, but I guess some people like it.
Honestly - I think that Apple should just keep on adding elements of the Mac to iPadOS to enable more complex content creation etc than to make this product.
To paraphrase Steve jobs - let the Mac be the (still very stylish)powerful truck that can do anything.
And let the iPad be the car - that can do most things that people want from a computing device.
Steves Job would be turning into a grave
I don't know whether it is Bloomberg or Macrumors using AI to write articles, but I laughed at this line more than I probably should have.
A laptop with a trackpad and keyboard? Can't innovate, my a$$!
There isn't going to be an upcharge. This isn't the 2000s, if anything we've been paying an upcharge for them not including it since the mid 2010s.
1) I think that I speak for a lot of people here, saying that the MacBook Pro doesn't need to be thinner. It is already much thinner than the PC Workstations' counterparts. Leave the thinness for the AIR lineup. MBP users want all the performance M6 might deliver without compromises.
2) Super ready for the all-new OLED MBP without notch
3) I am not seduced by the touchscreen idea, but I am super open to seeing what they come up with next.
2) Super ready for the all-new OLED MBP without notch
3) I am not seduced by the touchscreen idea, but I am super open to seeing what they come up with next.
I love my surface pro, but it's really awkward to use with the pen if I don't pull the keyboard off. And with the keyboard on, the trackpad is more efficient than using my finger on the touchscreen. I do, however, enjoy using it like a tablet with the kickstand and no keyboard. It will be interesting to see how Apple spins this hardware setup, hopefully more than just a laptop with a touchscreen.
Well the rumors also said the S6 would have microLEDs. There is no reason for a premium, so I am expecting there won't be one.
The M6 OLED Macbook Pro will certainly be the Macbook to buy for anyone currently using a first gen 2021 MBP. Many users report their M1 Pro/Max performance to be just fine so if there is a new incentive to finally upgrading after a good 5 years then it's probably gonna be the OLED display.
By the way you don't have to use the touch screen. I am pretty sure these Macbooks will still have trackpads and keyboards. Just don't use the touch and you won't have to clean off fingerprints. So you can be anti-touchscreen and let other people use it if they want that feature. Personally I don't care for it so I wouldn't use it. Doesn't mean it's a bad thing to include the touch functionality.
By the way you don't have to use the touch screen. I am pretty sure these Macbooks will still have trackpads and keyboards. Just don't use the touch and you won't have to clean off fingerprints. So you can be anti-touchscreen and let other people use it if they want that feature. Personally I don't care for it so I wouldn't use it. Doesn't mean it's a bad thing to include the touch functionality.
This is the one I am waiting for. I'll happily go from my M1 to this M6, assuming it has and does most of what is in this article. I'm okay with touch screen...they're still providing the touch pad, so it's not like you are being forced to use the touch screen.
That should give people enough time to stop picking their nose and stop sneezing in their hands. And maybe wash their hands after using the toilet. With soap. And water.
That should give people enough time to stop picking their nose and stop sneezing in their hands. And maybe wash their hands after using the toilet. With soap. And water.
100% of the time someone posts this, they are in fact not the only one. And it typically is asked after multiple posts in the same thread that already agreed with their point.
No, you're not the only one. But there are some people who do want a touchscreen option. I'd like the option, but I think they should sell an option without it as well.
All good and nice. But I finally need an eSim version of the MacBook. My plan includes 4 eSims on the same (unlimited) data contract. Hotspot sucks. Sometimes it simply won't connect. It nearly never connects automatically. And I have no work - none - I do offline anymore. So this constant connecting, re-connecting is a true pain. Just use this modem chip to finally make the Mac connected.