Pro and Tell: Is Apple finally dropping a touchscreen MacBook Pro on 28 October?
- ID
- 38723
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 23 Oct 2026, 7:45 PM
- Fetched
- 23 Oct 2026, 8:10 PM
- Provider
- SoyaCincau
- Category
- malaysia-tech
- Original URL
- https://soyacincau.com/2026/10/23/pro-and-tell-is-apple-finally-dropping-a-touchscreen-macbook-pro-on-28-october/
- Source URL
- https://soyacincau.com/feed/
Summary
- Score
- 3.0
- Created
- 23 Oct 2026, 8:11 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersvibe_coderssaas_founders
What happened
SoyaCincau reports on a rumoured Apple "Pro and Tell" showcase on 28 October, citing Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The claimed lineup includes a first touchscreen 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with tandem OLED, a Dynamic Island cutout, and retained M5 Pro/M5 Max chips, plus standard 14-inch MacBook Pro and 24-inch iMac refreshes moving to M6. An eighth-generation iPad Mini is also tipped to get OLED, an A20-series chip, and a landscape-edge front camera.
Why it matters
If you are timing a Mac purchase, the rumour says the touchscreen MacBook Pro would keep M5 Pro/M5 Max rather than getting the newer M6, while the non-touch 14-inch MacBook Pro and 24-inch iMac are tipped for M6. That makes the touchscreen a workflow bet, not automatically the better performance-per-cost buy; the article gives no Malaysian pricing or availability, so do not budget from it yet.
Discussion angle
Would a touchscreen macOS laptop change how you build or demo software enough to delay a purchase, given the rumoured touchscreen models stay on M5 Pro/Max while the standard 14-inch MacBook Pro is tipped for M6?