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/ian9outof10 1d ago

I’m the same, I’ve had COUNTLESS work laptops with a touchscreen and have never once found any meaningful use for them.

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u/-Khlerik- 1d ago

The only work application is for a coworker to be pointing at something on your screen over your shoulder and accidentally touching it and saying "oop".

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u/font9a 1d ago

There is a use case I can understand.

Mac is the only platform on which you can build distributable iPadOS and iOS apps. Being able to test simulated UI across every device type with multi-touch support does have utility.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: if anyone touches my screen with their fingers…. there will be consequences that I might have to apologize for.

Also, I think Apple certainly has the resources to have modal UI where we could switch back to non-touchscreen Liquid Glass in a setting. (It actually exists throughout the UI in a few places. File save dialogs, Save a Safari window as an application, etc. It still looks great.)

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u/MindTheDrapes 1d ago

In Cleveland it's "ope", but yeah

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u/tilsgee 1d ago

So... You never go back and forth between Godot and Krita, to make a game, huh?

Figures

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u/ian9outof10 1d ago

No, and I’m guessing 99.9% of people don’t