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Apple’s first touchscreen MacBook is days away – with another OLED surprise

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Apple’s first touchscreen MacBook is days away – with another OLED surprise

Apple reportedly set a date to unveil its new touchscreen MacBooks. Here's what else we expect.

Rumors of an OLED touchscreen MacBook have been brewing for years, but it looks like it’s finally happening. Apple started inviting media to an “all-day product launch” in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, where the new touchscreen MacBooks, refreshed iPad mini, and M6 MacBooks will be unveiled, as reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

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There appear to be two product lines of the new MacBooks: one with OLED touchscreens in 14- and 16-inch sizes in a redesigned, more lightweight form, and another 14-inch MacBook with the base model M6 chip and a largely unchanged build.

The new OLED MacBooks will feature the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, and are reportedly “significantly lighter,” indicating some physical redesigns to distinguish them from their predecessors. They’re also rumored to have a Dynamic Island instead of a notch, and could support 5G connectivity, presumably as an optional add-on.

The M6 MacBook Pro will essentially be the same we’d otherwise expect in the 14-inch model, probably with a focus on Siri and AI-powered features in MacOS. This upgrade configuration would match Apple’s release for Mac Mini in September, which launched with both the M5 Pro chip or the base model M6 (for half the price).

Splitting the new MacBook offerings this way would allow Apple to pursue a premium-tier line of cutting-edge, AI-powered MacBooks targeted at enthusiasts and power users with a flashy touchscreen, while maintaining the core laptop product line that the vast majority of users will be more interested in.


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