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Touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro Coming in 2026 With Dynamic Island and Redesigned macOS Controls
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usersince86
macrumors 6502a
A new era begins. Like so many other things, some will like it, some will hate it. And some will "yell" about it at MacRumors.
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Hoping to purchase my first MacBook, I’ll be happy with OLED but certainly won’t be using any touchscreen element. I’ll be moving from a Windows desktop device.
fatTribble
macrumors 68030
Tell us more about your insider info.
Apple hasn't publicly released unit data since 2018.
Mr_Ed
macrumors 68000
This has always been my complaint about notches/holes on iPhone screens as well. I doubt they would have lost any customers if they had a thin top bezel for camera/sensor hardware.
And they could implement the “Dynamic Island” notification scheme the same way on a screen without a hole in it, plus experimentation with alternative notification schemes would not be constrained by having to acknowledge you have a freaking hole in the screen.
Dave245
macrumors G4
Who asked for an Apple Watch? who asked for an iPad? who asked for an iPhone without a physical keyboard, who asked for wireless earbuds? the list could go on and on. No one needs to ask for these things.
Just think of the number of times Apple has stated an "Apple designed..." something at a keynote. You don't hear them saying Apple designed chips made on TSMC's 2nm node. Simplicity sells.
I also would like to meet this person.
Once m6 max 2nm comes, I'm going to be fully in "take my money" mode. And retire my m1 max.
HouseLannister
macrumors 68040
Mr_Ed
macrumors 68000
Probably the same people who asked for a keyboard for iPads 😀
A day one purchase for me.
People are going to poopoo the touchscreen all day and all night, but for accessibility needs this is absolutely huge.
Like, the biggest update to Mac accessibility since the introduction of VoiceOver in 2005.
People are going to poopoo the touchscreen all day and all night, but for accessibility needs this is absolutely huge.
Like, the biggest update to Mac accessibility since the introduction of VoiceOver in 2005.
I don´t get it, the best touch device by far on a laptop is the touchpad.
IceCool
macrumors 6502a
There has to be more to this. Just adding touch seems so unusual and Apple has said over and over again why they won’t do it. Reaching seems so much less efficient regardless of UI tweaks. Now if the keyboard is detachable and then suddenly it’s like an iPad running iOS that would be amazing. But battery and everything under keyboard so that doesn’t seem to be doable. Now if the trackpad area was a touch screen somehow that could open possibilities since the main problem with Touch ID was it was out of reach (a touch screen is Even more out of reach. So either there is some radical change and new approach or they simply are adding for the smaller niche use case for some creatives that it would be beneficial. But the cost and power to do that for a smaller subset of users still seems odd.
JPack
macrumors P6
Until you run an iPad app on your Mac.
Alpha Centauri
macrumors 68000
OLED sounds good but the ergonomics of a touch screen I personally wouldn't like to use on a laptop. I'm also thinking about the display coating required to be flawless with the more frequent cleaning.
Something I did wish for though for the notch of my M2, is customising for more icons to be able to appear on the left side of the notch. Obviously currently there is the menu items of whatever is currently opened and a huge gap to the notch.
Something I did wish for though for the notch of my M2, is customising for more icons to be able to appear on the left side of the notch. Obviously currently there is the menu items of whatever is currently opened and a huge gap to the notch.
Crickster
macrumors member
A touchscreen MacBook feels extremely gimmicky to me. The only practical use case I can imagine is drawing with an Apple Pencil; otherwise, it’s basically just a supersized Touch Bar.
Not strange at all.
Look at these previous upgrade patterns…
Bigger MacBook Pro updated twice, both in May 2019 (15.4 inch) and November 2019 (16 inch that replaced it at same price).
13 inch MacBook Pro updated twice in 2020, once in May (Intel) and in November(M1).
14 and 16 updated twice in 2023, once in January (M2Pro/Max) and again in October (M3, M3Pro/Max).
Go back even further and you can find plenty of examples, the MacBook Pro was updated twice in 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013…
AusMness
macrumors regular
Windows 8, anyone?
Apple please don’t follow through with this, you said it yourself it’s a bad idea
Apple please don’t follow through with this, you said it yourself it’s a bad idea
This is funny given how anti-touch screen they were on laptops.
When I got an iPad Pro and added the Magic Keyboard with touchpad, it was like my iPad was a new device. I preferred using the touchpad over the regular touch screen.
Now they’re adding touch to the laptop.
When I got an iPad Pro and added the Magic Keyboard with touchpad, it was like my iPad was a new device. I preferred using the touchpad over the regular touch screen.
Now they’re adding touch to the laptop.