M5 chips instead of m6 are SO DISAPPOINTING! looks like a good laptop otherwise though
tschellenbach
no point in upgrading from m3 max atm. (it seems)
mattrighetti
Am I the only one that has never ever felt the need to have a touch screen display on my Mac? EDIT: I already can’t stand when people touch my display just to point at something, I definitely don’t want my own oily fingerprints smeared all over a screen I spend all day looking at.
Mongoose
Fully willing to accept that I could be an outlier, but I have never understood how a market exists for laptops with touch screens.
georgel
Glowing logo is back!
whycome
My god they finally did it. After all the fears of canibalizing iPad sales and gorilla arms. An Apple touchscreen MacBook. Absurd it took this long when they basically led the field in touchscreen innovation (especially on the UX side of things) I always thought the Surface Book design by Microsoft was very Apple like and it always seemed like the logical step: let the screen detach but keep the extra horsepower in the base.
mepian
Does it support the Pencil?
cmckn
$3400 for the base model 16”, 24GB/1TB. $2900 for the 14”. Quite steep.
mabunday
Is there any reason this wouldn't work with an apple pencil too?
CooCooCaCha
As someone who does coding and art, I’m disappointed that there’s no Apple Pencil support. Makes touch feel more like a gimmick.
allenu
The touch screen is such a silly idea here. It even looks ridiculous in their own marketing photos. [1] The keyboard and track pad are already a great combo for getting things done. I don't get why they're doing this other than making another step towards unifying iOS and macOS (and visionOS?). [1] https://mastodon.social/@allenu/117519656286195439
codys
Apparently no Apple Pencil support (not mentioned in their press release or on the sale page)
chrisfosterelli
I have never wanted to touch my laptop screen or felt any sort of desire to do so. In fact I try really hard not to touch it so that I don't get smudges on it. The laptop touch screen always felt like an awkward use case to me because the ideal UX for touch and KBM are so different. If you're designing for use on laptop/desktop you need to design for KBM-first -- since the majority of devices will be -- and therefore the touch experience suffers, and users with a touchscreen just use the KBM. I don't think the average consumer cares that much about this either. I've noticed my grandparents often buy laptops with touchscreens accidentally and then proceed to mostly interact with it by accident. Part of me wants to believe that a company like apple must/would do this right if they were going to do it but on the other hand there's the whole touch bar debacle and it doesn't seem like their foldable phone is starting off with the best reviews either.
minimaxir
Their demo example for the touch interface is piano keys? That's a 2010 Scott Forstall level of skeuomorphism that doesn't translate well for a laptop screen because it's not convenient.
ecommerceguy
If i wanted a touch screen mb air, id get an ipad. i will actively avoid these. apple has been dropping the ball big time lately. ive noticed siri has a 5 second delay on my phone now, making reminder setting not so easy. is graphene os ready for primetime yet?
fumar
Dynamic Island looks good. I am glad I picked up an M5 max prior to the price hike.
boplicity
They're finally getting OLED, which is one thing that's kept me on competitor laptops. They're just so much easier on my eyes.
ndiddy
It's interesting that they've decided to release a new high-end model this year even though they aren't coming out with new high-end M6 chips. Apparently they have decided to not make Pro/Max versions of the M6 in favor of accelerating development of the M7 series, which will have improved support for on-device AI. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/25/2027-macs-m7-chips/
sourdecor
I was hoping a 2-in-1 foldable that acts like an iPad too. I have been waiting decades for that.
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Discussion Highlights (19 comments)
mixtureoftakes
M5 chips instead of m6 are SO DISAPPOINTING! looks like a good laptop otherwise though
tschellenbach
no point in upgrading from m3 max atm. (it seems)
mattrighetti
Am I the only one that has never ever felt the need to have a touch screen display on my Mac? EDIT: I already can’t stand when people touch my display just to point at something, I definitely don’t want my own oily fingerprints smeared all over a screen I spend all day looking at.
Mongoose
Fully willing to accept that I could be an outlier, but I have never understood how a market exists for laptops with touch screens.
georgel
Glowing logo is back!
whycome
My god they finally did it. After all the fears of canibalizing iPad sales and gorilla arms. An Apple touchscreen MacBook. Absurd it took this long when they basically led the field in touchscreen innovation (especially on the UX side of things) I always thought the Surface Book design by Microsoft was very Apple like and it always seemed like the logical step: let the screen detach but keep the extra horsepower in the base.
mepian
Does it support the Pencil?
cmckn
$3400 for the base model 16”, 24GB/1TB. $2900 for the 14”. Quite steep.
mabunday
Is there any reason this wouldn't work with an apple pencil too?
CooCooCaCha
As someone who does coding and art, I’m disappointed that there’s no Apple Pencil support. Makes touch feel more like a gimmick.
allenu
The touch screen is such a silly idea here. It even looks ridiculous in their own marketing photos. [1] The keyboard and track pad are already a great combo for getting things done. I don't get why they're doing this other than making another step towards unifying iOS and macOS (and visionOS?). [1] https://mastodon.social/@allenu/117519656286195439
codys
Apparently no Apple Pencil support (not mentioned in their press release or on the sale page)
chrisfosterelli
I have never wanted to touch my laptop screen or felt any sort of desire to do so. In fact I try really hard not to touch it so that I don't get smudges on it. The laptop touch screen always felt like an awkward use case to me because the ideal UX for touch and KBM are so different. If you're designing for use on laptop/desktop you need to design for KBM-first -- since the majority of devices will be -- and therefore the touch experience suffers, and users with a touchscreen just use the KBM. I don't think the average consumer cares that much about this either. I've noticed my grandparents often buy laptops with touchscreens accidentally and then proceed to mostly interact with it by accident. Part of me wants to believe that a company like apple must/would do this right if they were going to do it but on the other hand there's the whole touch bar debacle and it doesn't seem like their foldable phone is starting off with the best reviews either.
minimaxir
Their demo example for the touch interface is piano keys? That's a 2010 Scott Forstall level of skeuomorphism that doesn't translate well for a laptop screen because it's not convenient.
ecommerceguy
If i wanted a touch screen mb air, id get an ipad. i will actively avoid these. apple has been dropping the ball big time lately. ive noticed siri has a 5 second delay on my phone now, making reminder setting not so easy. is graphene os ready for primetime yet?
fumar
Dynamic Island looks good. I am glad I picked up an M5 max prior to the price hike.
boplicity
They're finally getting OLED, which is one thing that's kept me on competitor laptops. They're just so much easier on my eyes.
ndiddy
It's interesting that they've decided to release a new high-end model this year even though they aren't coming out with new high-end M6 chips. Apparently they have decided to not make Pro/Max versions of the M6 in favor of accelerating development of the M7 series, which will have improved support for on-device AI. https://www.macrumors.com/2026/06/25/2027-macs-m7-chips/
sourdecor
I was hoping a 2-in-1 foldable that acts like an iPad too. I have been waiting decades for that.