Apple MacBook Pro Hands-On: First OLED Screen, Touch And A ...
Apple’s updated MacBook Pro pairs a thinner chassis with faster M5 chips and higher prices, while touch support and display quality target creative professionals.
- Apple released 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models with PROLED XDR displays and M5 Max or M5 Pro chips, marking the company's first laptop line featuring touch-enabled controls and tandem OLED technology.
- During Apple's press event in Los Angeles last week, the company prioritized touch-ready display technology, despite Steve Jobs famously arguing that laptop touch screens make for 'a great demo' but lack daily practicality.
- Starting at $2,899, the 14-inch model and $3,399 16-inch version both feature reduced weights of 3 pounds and 4 pounds, respectively, alongside Apple's 120Hz ProMotion refresh rate for video editing and touch responsiveness.
- The laptop received an Editors' Choice award, maintaining performance leadership while improving portability; however, the $400 premium over previous models reflects Apple's repositioning of touch as a professional feature despite ergonomic fatigue concerns.
- Apple positions the premium pricing as justified by industry-leading display quality, suggesting touch-enabled PROLED technology will likely expand across future professional laptop models as the standard rather than optional upgrade.
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I’m No Screen Snob, but Apple’s 16-Inch MacBook Pro With PROLED XDR Blew Me Away
Apple’s 16-inch MacBook Pro finally gets touch, but the real star is the glorious look of its tandem OLED panel. Add a thinner, lighter build, upgraded thermals, and superb battery life, and you have the mobile Mac workstation to beat.
Apple M5 Max MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Review: Don’t Touch It
Apple's new, highest-end MacBook Pro diverged from the last few launches in that it didn't focus on performance at all, but rather leaned on a feature the company famously said would never come to macOS: touch control. I get why Apple did this, but touch isn't at all a reason to get this computer. But to be clear, that doesn't mean you shouldn't get this computer. Quite the opposite, in fact.
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Apple MacBook Pro Hands-On: First OLED Screen, Touch And A ...
Two laptops at €8,000, two Arm chips, 128 GB of unified memory and a 16-inch touch OLED screen. I passed exactly the same tests to Apple's new MacBook Pro M5 Max and the first Nvidia RTX Spark laptop PC. The Mac won most but not all duels.
Now it comes: Apple introduced the first MacBook with touchscreen. We test how good the new OLED screen is and what the finger control is.
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