Apple May Phase Out Non-Touch High-End MacBook Pros

Apple volition apt consolidate its high-end MacBook Pro lineup astir touchscreen models, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman.


Writing successful his latest "Power On" newsletter, Gurman questioned whether Apple would support updating its high-end ‌MacBook Pro‌ models without touchscreens. The institution has retained the mini-LED M5 Pro and M5 Max models alongside the caller touchscreen versions, which outgo $400 more.

Gurman cited the resources required to enactment parallel merchandise lines crossed development, production, and promotion. Given the terms difference, helium expects the 2 offerings to converge, though helium did not specify erstwhile Apple mightiness halt processing the non-touch models.

Gurman added that Apple plans to present different procreation of touchscreen MacBook Pros successful 2027. These machines volition usage M7 Pro and M7 Max processors with further hardware capabilities for AI. He previously said the spot upgrade would get toward the extremity of 2027.

The redesign volition besides scope the entry-level 14-inch ‌MacBook Pro‌, according to Gurman. Apple plans to connection an M7 mentation with reduced weight, a thinner enclosure, and narrower borders astir the display, akin to the caller high-end models. Gurman first reported plans for the redesigned basal exemplary successful July, erstwhile helium outlined a imaginable motorboat successful the archetypal fractional of 2027.

Apple unveiled its archetypal touchscreen MacBook Pros past week, retaining the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips introduced successful March. The redesign pairs OLED displays and Dynamic Island with a lighter, somewhat thinner enclosure and a revised cooling strategy that channels lukewarm aerial distant from the screen.

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