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Apple is preparing to unveil redesigned MacBook Pros at an Oct. 28 'Pro and tell' event in LA, featuring OLED displays, touch support, a lighter build, and M5 Pro/M5 Max chips. Reports have circulated about possible cellular connectivity using Apple's in-house modems, though it remains unconfirmed whether this generation will include it.
Apple is reportedly introducing a redesigned, touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro this week, creating a three-tier MacBook Pro lineup alongside the existing M6 base model and unchanged M5 Pro/Max high-end models. The new top-tier machines are said to be lighter, feature OLED touch displays, Dynamic Island, and possibly cellular support, marking the first major MacBook Pro redesign since 2021.
The 16-inch MacBook Pro with M5 Max chip, 36GB of RAM and 2TB of storage has dropped to $3,499, a 20 percent discount and $400 less than it cost just days earlier. Retailers say this is $150 below any previous sale price for this configuration, even after Apple raised prices across the lineup in June.
Developer Rafael Rivera found that wallpapers Microsoft emailed to Windows Insiders in mid-October, marking the program's 12th anniversary, carried file metadata showing they were saved using Photoshop on a Mac. Rivera said the ten wallpapers came from Microsoft's in-house design team, and the company has since replaced the files on its design site without comment.
9to5Mac published a roundup of weekend deals on Apple products, including discounts on the Apple TV 4K, a MacBook Pro listed $900 off, the USB-C Apple Pencil, and AirPods Pro 3, among other items. The deals are being offered by third-party retailers rather than Apple directly.
Apple has scheduled a 'Pro and tell' event for October 28th at 1PM ET in Los Angeles, widely expected to introduce the company's first touchscreen, OLED MacBook Pro. The event may also bring M6 chip updates to the MacBook Pro and iMac, plus a possible OLED refresh for the iPad Mini.
9to5Mac released its October 23, 2026 daily podcast episode covering recent rumors about an upcoming MacBook Pro and discussion of apps for the rumored iPhone Duo device. The episode is distributed via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play and RSS feed, and is sponsored by Backblaze.
Apple is expected to unveil a redesigned MacBook Pro at an October 28 event, featuring a new industrial design, OLED touchscreen display, Dynamic Island and no notch. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the laptop will keep the same M5 Pro and M5 Max chips released earlier this year rather than offer a performance upgrade, as Apple reportedly skipped M6 chips to focus on M7 Pro and Max for 2027.
A review of the ASUS ProArt P16 laptop equipped with NVIDIA's RTX Spark chip and 128GB of RAM found strong GPU, NPU and AI benchmark performance, outperforming a MacBook Pro with M5 Max in Geekbench 6 GPU tests and UL Procyon AI benchmarks. However, the system scored lower than a Snapdragon X2 Elite-powered ASUS A16 in PCMark 10 and single-threaded CPU tests. The laptop reportedly ran large local AI models like Qwen3.8 27B alongside demanding games such as Cyberpunk 2077 without performance slowdowns.
On the Happy Hour podcast, host Chance Miller shared a week-long hands-on account of Apple's rumored foldable iPhone Duo, covering its hinge positions, software maturity, Touch ID versus Face ID, and battery performance. The episode also discussed Apple's newly announced 'Pro and Tell' product event and covered a HomePod Sound Glow feature test plus Apple's explanation that its new Apple Music logo was 'built by sound'.
Amazon is selling Apple's 16.2-inch MacBook Pro configured with an M5 Max chip, 36GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD for $3,499, a $900 reduction from its original price. This marks the lowest price yet recorded for this particular configuration.
Apple is preparing to unveil its first MacBook Pro redesign in five years, reportedly retaining the current M5 Pro and M5 Max chips but reengineering the internal layout to make the laptop notably lighter. The redesign is also expected to introduce an OLED display with touchscreen support, a departure from the current Liquid Retina XDR panel, plus a notch-free screen design.