Apple Announces Touchscreen MacBook Pro With OLED and Dynamic Island, From $2,899: Pro and Tell Event Recap

Apple has announced its first touchscreen Mac. The new MacBook Pro, shown at the "Pro and tell" event on 28 October, has a touch-sensitive tandem OLED display, a Dynamic Island at the top of the screen, and starts at $2,899 in the US. Pre-orders opened on 28 October, and the laptops arrive on 6 November. In India, pre-orders are also open and the laptops arrive on 6 November, with the 14-inch model with the M5 Pro starting at Rs 2,99,900.

The display and touch

Apple calls the screen a PROLED XDR display. It stacks two OLED layers, reaches up to 2,000 nits in both normal and HDR content, and has a contrast ratio of 10,000,000:1. The refresh rate adjusts between 10Hz and 120Hz. An anti-reflective coating is standard, and a nano-texture finish is optional. The touch sensor is built into the panel.

You can scroll, pinch to zoom, drag and drop, double-tap to fill the screen and flick windows to tile them. macOS turns touches into clicks, so most existing apps work. Apple also redesigned the hinge so the screen stays steady when you tap it. Apps such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Lightroom, DaVinci Resolve, Blender, Canva, Zoom and Notion are getting touch-friendly versions later this year.

Dynamic Island on a Mac

The Dynamic Island holds Spotlight, Siri AI and Live Activities, so you can pause music or accept an AirDrop from the top of the screen. Spotlight moves there only when Siri AI is available and turned on. Siri AI is in beta in macOS 27.2 and supports six languages.

Battery, ports and sound

Apple says the battery lasts up to 24 hours, the longest it has offered in a Mac. That is Apple's own claim. There are three Thunderbolt 5 ports, an HDMI port, an SDXC card slot, MagSafe and a headphone jack, and the M5 Max can drive up to four external displays. Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 come from Apple's N1 chip. The six-speaker system has a new woofer design that Apple says gives 50% deeper bass, and the camera is a 12MP Center Stage camera.

Price and availability

Education pricing starts from $2,749. The 14-inch model with the M5 Pro costs $900 more than the 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M6 chip. Pre-orders are open on Apple's website and in the Apple Store app in 35 countries and regions, including the US, and the laptops arrive on 6 November. Dates differ by country. In India, Apple has opened pre-orders with availability from 6 November. See our report on Apple's India prices for every model.

Other Apple products announced this week

Apple announced three other products by press release before the event, and all of them arrive on 6 November:

The iPad mini has an 8.5-inch OLED screen and comes in midnight and starlight. The iMac with M6 comes in seven colours.