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9to5Mac's daily podcast episode summarized the day's Apple news, including a segment on a rumored upcoming MacBook Pro said to feature a 'PROLED XDR' display. The episode, sponsored by Backblaze, is distributed through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn and other platforms.
Market research firm TrendForce projects Apple will ship between 1.2 million and 1.5 million units of its newly announced touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro in 2027. The firm also forecasts global OLED notebook shipments will grow nearly 40% year-over-year in 2026 and again by more than 40% in 2027, following Apple's adoption of tandem OLED display technology first used in the M4 iPad Pro.
In a new episode of 9to5Mac's Happy Hour podcast, hosts Benjamin Mayo and Chance Miller discuss expected Apple announcements, including an OLED MacBook Pro with a touchscreen, an updated M6 iMac, and a refreshed iPad mini. The episode also includes a segment evaluating Apple's recent run of fall product announcements.
Apple has shipped macOS 27.2 alongside its new touchscreen MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR display, adding touch-specific interface tweaks for that model. At the launch event, an Apple employee told press that the company's touch optimization work for macOS is still in early stages, per Bloomberg's Chris Welch.
Apple has opened pre-orders for several new products, including the OLED iPad mini starting at $699, the 14-inch M6 MacBook Pro from $1,999, and the first touchscreen Mac, the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, starting at $2,899. Alongside these launches, new accessories like the World Travel Kit, upgraded 70W/140W power adapters, and a TechWoven iPad mini case are also now available, while retailers are offering gift card incentives and trade-in discounts on the new hardware.
Apple's latest MacBook Pro, featuring a PROLED XDR display with OLED and touchscreen capability, becomes the first laptop and only the second Apple product to support the Apple CMF 2026 color-matching function. This new color standard is designed to address perceptual color-accuracy issues present in the decades-old CIE 1931 standard, especially on modern narrow-spectrum display technologies like OLED and quantum dots.
Apple's newly launched MacBook Pro line, which includes the first touchscreen Mac with a PROLED XDR display, starts at $1,999 for a 14-inch M6 model with 16GB memory and a 1TB SSD. At the top end, a 16-inch model with an M5 Max chip, 128GB memory and a 16TB SSD option costs $14,549.
Apple's new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR touchscreen display starts at $2,899 for the 14-inch M5 Pro model and $3,399 for the 16-inch version, available November 6. Fully maxing out the 16-inch configuration with nano-texture glass, the M5 Max 40-core GPU, 128GB of memory and 16TB of storage pushes the price to $14,549, with storage alone adding $7,000.
Apple's newly announced MacBook Pro with a PROLED XDR display includes a touchscreen for the first time, letting users tap and swipe the screen directly as on an iPad or iPhone. The display uses the same oleophobic coating found on iPhone, iPad and the newly announced HomeView to resist fingerprints, though Apple's $9 Polishing Cloth is still sold separately rather than included.
Apple unveiled a MacBook Pro with a tandem OLED touchscreen capable of 2,000 nits of brightness in both standard and HDR content, shown at a Los Angeles media event. The panel uses a redesigned version of the layered OLED tech found in the iPad Pro, re-engineered from the manufacturing process up to boost brightness and reduce glare.
Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro starts at $2,899, but a fully configured 16-inch model with the M5 Max chip, 128GB memory, and a 16TB SSD reaches $14,549, according to MacRumors' analysis of Apple's online configurator. The 14-inch equivalent tops out at $14,249. Preorders begin October 30, with units shipping November 6.
Apple introduced its first touchscreen laptops, the MacBook Pro with ProLED XDR Display, in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes at a Los Angeles event. The machines still run MacOS rather than iPadOS, and touch input is optional—users can rely entirely on the trackpad and keyboard as before. Apple says software automatically converts touch taps into clicks, and some interface elements, like window buttons, enlarge slightly when touched.