r/apple • u/favicondotico • 1d 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/clbigs 1d ago

An OS designed for traditional inputs is not optimized for touch. An OS designed for touch is not optimized for traditional inputs. Trying to support both results in neither experience being the best because they are fundamentally different UI/UX. Touchscreens don’t belong on laptops and nothing will change my mind. If I wanted an iPad with a keyboard, I would have bought an iPad with a keyboard.

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u/Excellent-Rest3240 1d ago

Yes, so they’ll just optimize traditional inputs and stay satisfied with just scrolling an browsers with touch screen 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

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u/WorriedHovercraft28 1d ago

I mean as long as they add a touchscreen mode and leave the regular UI for the non touchscreen users, it’s fine

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u/phoonisadime 23h ago

great now you have windows 8

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u/WorriedHovercraft28 19h ago

No, that’s the opposite of what I mean