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Posted by etothet 11 hours ago

MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch(www.apple.com)
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/10/apple-unveils-groundb...
528 points | 914 commentspage 10
arjie 11 hours ago|
I see. The iPad and Macbook are converging. Interesting. I can’t say I get the use case but perhaps it will fold in some interesting way that makes it usable. I have no problem using a touchscreen occasionally but in the standard configuration the screen will wobble if you touch it.
jerlam 11 hours ago|
Apple's been trying (in vain?) to sell iPad users a Magic Keyboard for six years and add a windowing system to iPadOS to pretend it's a real operating system, so I suppose they're trying to bridge the gap from the opposite (Macbook) side.
achairapart 11 hours ago||
Does this mean that macOS will natively support touch screens so I don't need to look anymore for after-market solutions[0] for mine? That would be cool.

[0]: https://www.touch-base.com/

kayodelycaon 10 hours ago|
I’m not sure. macOS has had some degree of support for touch screens internally for a very long time (2010) but required hardware specific drivers.

So this probably isn’t the matter of macOS finally adding native support. More that they revealed what was already there.

Or it can be a complete rewrite. Either way they would have to explicitly implement support for external touchscreens using a generic driver instead of a specific one for each device.

soci 11 hours ago||
Didn't OLED screens age bad with use as with plasma back in the day? I'd rather not want a less bright mac screen in a few years.

Don't take me wrong, OLED displays on a a MacBook screen is quite a nice feat compared to regular the regular displays we have as of today.

mmcnl 11 hours ago||
OLED displays now are tandem OLED displays which stack multiple layers. This means you don't need to exponentially crank up the voltage to provide more brightness which also increases lengivity of the panel (and increases battery life).
elxr 5 hours ago|||
Ipads have been oled for years now. The samsung galaxy s has literally had an oled for 16 years now. If these screens aged badly, don't you think Apple/Samsung either would've switched away or built more burn-in resistant oleds?

Also brightness degradation on especially a tandem oled is unlikely within its reasonable lifespan. Tandem oleds are the literal peak of display technology for this size of panel. Image quality wise, there's no downside.

AnthonBerg 10 hours ago||
I have a, what, 2019 LG CX OLED TV. 55". Used in anger as computer monitor since new. With complete disregard for burnout. It's… perfectly fine? I can't see any dimming or patterns or faults at all.
seatac76 6 hours ago||
You would think they would add a cellular modem to it now that they have their own, but no we get a touchscreen.
Projectiboga 10 hours ago||
Years ago like 2010, 11 Microsoft had demo touchscreen computers running an art application in the Kids Room at the MOMA museum in NYC. It was responsive to actual brushes and was quite an interesting interface. As far as I knew it was a beta.
tap-snap-or-nap 11 hours ago||
Will the keyboard and trackpad leave a mark on the screen despite us keeping surfaces clean?
codys 11 hours ago||
Apparently no Apple Pencil support (not mentioned in their press release or on the sale page)
minimaxir 11 hours ago|
This bullet point is funny:

> Draw. Sketch and annotate directly onscreen.

asdff 11 hours ago||
I always wanted to fingerpaint my notes
hi_hi 9 hours ago||
All these marketing facts and figures sound great. Nits and contrast ratio and True Tone. The blackest blacks. All great.

Those greasy finger marks are really going to dazzle like never before.

malshe 11 hours ago||
Some of my students use touchscreen Windows laptops. They seem to be OK with them but I never found them usable particularly for coding. A touchscreen laptop has ergonomically bad design. Or it could just be a generational thing.
toddmorey 11 hours ago|
Aside: Does anyone else find the new AI texture explosions Apple's using on their marketing pages now a little unsettling and un-Apple? I guess I'm desperate for at least one tech brand to feel / remain human.
thenthenthen 1 hour ago|
What are AI texture explosions?
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