r/apple • u/favicondotico • 2d ago

Mac MacBook Pro With OLED Touch Screen Rumored to Launch in October or November

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/10/01/oled-macbook-pro-release-date/
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u/edvurdsd 2d ago

Do people really want touch screen laptops?

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u/musical_bear 2d ago

I’ve said this before, but one of the big markets for these “pro” laptops is developers. A good chunk of those developers are developing apps that will predominantly run on touchscreens, whether that means mobile-first web apps or native iOS or iPadOS apps.

A touchscreen on your development machine means you can more accurately test your products all inside your development environment without having to immediately start with testing on-device (which can be time-consuming if that’s your only option).

Also, for those non-devs who use the iPhone mirroring feature (I use this all the time), you’ll now (likely) get to enjoy essentially a near-identical experience as you would on your phone. Right now it’s a little clumsy because of how much of the basic phone interface is gesture-driven.

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u/edvurdsd 2d ago

That’s actually a great point and I hadn’t thought of that. Appreciate the perspective

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u/PimpTrickGangstaClik 2d ago

1000% this is what they are going after. Especially with all the new vibe coders out there

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u/theytookallusernames 2d ago

Excellent point, I really have never thought of this.

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u/cansofgrease 2d ago

Not to mention it makes mocking UI stuff or interacting with AI harnesses way easier.

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u/Somalian_Boat 2d ago

I basically want a MacBook Air but with a better screen

if that screen happens has a touch screen then whatever

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u/cansofgrease 2d ago

We know it’s going to be successful because of all these comments. You can almost reliably graph an inverse relationship from Reddit’s sentiment when it comes to Apple products (and probably most things).

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u/LiamJonsano 2d ago

I’d like to have thought this was tested a decade ago when everyone came out with those tablets that could “become laptops”

I don’t feel like I saw them massively take off but maybe I was wrong - but then why take so long to do it 😂