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The jury’s still out on who and what a touchscreen MacBook Pro is for

As Apple’s new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display laptops go on sale, I’m still at a loss as to who these multi-thousand-dollar laptops are really for, and whether Apple even knows the answer to that question itself.

Person working on a laptop, touching a smartphone mockup on the screen while coding an app interface, with a smartphone placed on a wooden table in a casual indoor setting
Touchscreen laptops are here, whether they’ll be used or not – Image Credit: Apple

These laptops, which sit above the already exceptional MacBook Pro in Apple’s lineup, start at $2,899 for the 14-inch model. Opt for the 16-inch version, and you’ll hand over at least $3,399.

That’s hundreds of dollars more than their comparable MacBook Pro cousins. Bear in mind that these machines use the same M5 Pro and M5 Max chips. The same SSD and unified memory, too.

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