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A MacBook Pro touchscreen? About damn time


Apple really has no excuse not to bring touchscreens to MacBooks.

Specifically, Kuo says that touchscreen MacBook Pro models are "expected to enter mass production by late 2026," and that they'll use on-cell touch technology. While he was referring to using a stylus for general operation of a device, and not a highly specific use-case, it was still funny to see the Apple Pencil arrive five years later on the iPad Pro. There's a certain nobility to sticking with your design convictions, but it would have been stupid for Apple to completely ignore the benefits of tablet stylii, something Microsoft was leaning into hard with its Surface devices.

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