MacBook Neo 2 Might Not Feature Touchscreen After All

Apple's second-generation MacBook Neo whitethorn not diagnostic a touch-capable show aft all, according to manufacture expert Ming-Chi Kuo.


In a study dated September 2025, Kuo‌ accurately predicted that the ‌MacBook Neo‌ would participate wide accumulation successful the 4th fourth of 2025, noting that it would not diagnostic a touchscreen. In the aforesaid report, however, the expert said helium believed Apple could adhd a touchscreen for the second-generation model, expected successful 2027.

Kuo's latest thoughts present look to propulsion backmost against the possibility. From the report shared this morning:
Neo 2 was primitively expected to diagnostic a interaction sheet to vie with Chromebooks (50%+ of which enactment touch), but my latest manufacture checks suggest Neo 2 whitethorn not follow it.Kuo says Apple's archetypal touchscreen Mac is inactive expected to motorboat aboriginal this twelvemonth successful the signifier of a new, high-end MacBook Pro with an OLED show and a caller design. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has suggested the instrumentality whitethorn beryllium positioned supra Apple's existing MacBook Pro Models, and could follow the moniker "MacBook Ultra."

The all-new MacBook Neo launches today, with prices starting astatine $599. Kuo says shipments of the Neo are somewhat little than his anterior estimates, totaling astir 4.5–5 cardinal units (with astir 2–2.5 cardinal successful the archetypal fractional of 2026). For a azygous laptop exemplary though, that's inactive a precise awesome number.
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