At its "Pro and Tell" special event in Los Angeles on October 28, 2026, Apple officially unveiled the most radical redesign in the history of its flagship laptop line: the all-new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch. Reversing decades of company orthodoxy that separated touch inputs from macOS, the new 14-inch and 16-inch workstations introduce direct multi-touch screen interaction, a breakthrough tandem OLED display panel, an interactive Dynamic Island, and Apple's powerful M5 Pro and M5 Max silicon. Pre-orders are live now, with retail store availability commencing Friday, November 6. The announcement represents a monumental shift for the Mac platform, merging the tactile intimacy of iPadOS with the uncompromised computational depth of macOS to establish a reference standard for creative and technical professionals.

PROLED XDR Display: Tandem OLED at 2,000 Nits

The centerpiece of the hardware redesign is the debut of the PROLED XDR display. Utilising tandem OLED architecture — layering two organic light-emitting stacks to achieve extreme luminance without burn-in risk — the display achieves up to 2,000 nits of peak brightness for both HDR and SDR content, an industry-leading 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio, and adaptive ProMotion refresh rates scaling from 10Hz to 120Hz.

PROLED XDR Display — Key Specifications
Technology	Tandem OLED (dual stacked organic light-emitting layers)
Peak Brightness	2,000 nits (HDR and SDR) — 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio
Refresh Rate	ProMotion adaptive 10–120Hz
Color Gamut	Adobe RGB, DCI-P3, 80% Rec. 2020
14-inch Panel	14.2 inches (expanded via slimmer bezels)
16-inch Panel	16.3 inches (expanded via slimmer bezels)
Nano-Texture	Optional anti-glare glass etched directly into cover surface

Touch Arrives on Mac with Dynamic Island

For the first time on a Mac, users can touch, swipe, pinch, and sketch directly on the primary display. Apple has integrated the capacitive touch sensor directly into the display stack itself — eliminating air gaps and delivering zero-latency responsiveness — paired with a redesigned high-torque hinge mechanism that stabilises the screen against finger taps.

macOS 27 automatically translates screen taps into clicks, allowing artists to paint directly in Pixelmator Pro, musicians to play multi-touch chord pads in Logic Pro, and developers to test iOS builds natively on the Mac display. Replacing the traditional notch, Dynamic Island on Mac houses the 12MP Center Stage camera and serves as an interactive hub for Spotlight search, Live Activities, and Siri AI. Apple has also restored the iconic illuminated glowing Apple logo on the rear lid after a ten-year absence.

M5 Pro and M5 Max Silicon

Performance & Connectivity
Chips	M5 Pro / M5 Max — Neural Accelerators embedded in every GPU core
Unified Memory	Up to 128GB
Storage	Up to 16TB SSD
Thunderbolt	3x Thunderbolt 5 — up to 4 external displays on M5 Max
Other Ports	HDMI, SDXC card reader, MagSafe 3, 3.5mm Headphone Jack
WLAN / BT	Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6
Weight (14-inch)	3.0 lbs — half a pound lighter than previous generation
Weight (16-inch)	4.0 lbs — 0.7 lbs lighter than previous generation

Pricing and Availability

MacBook Pro PROLED XDR — US Pricing
14-inch M5 Pro	From $2,899 (Education: $2,749)
14-inch M5 Max	From $4,499
16-inch M5 Pro	From $3,399 (Education: $3,199)
16-inch M5 Max	From $4,799
Pre-Orders	Live now
Available	November 6, 2026

Apple has officially announced the new 14-inch MacBook Pro powered by its next-generation M6 processor. Detailed in a global release on October 27, 2026, the updated workstation laptop brings significant architectural performance leaps, expanded on-device artificial intelligence capabilities, and an unprecedented 24 hours of battery life — the longest ever achieved in a Mac laptop. Pre-orders open on Wednesday, October 28, with general retail availability scheduled to commence on Friday, November 6. The release solidifies the 14-inch MacBook Pro as Apple's flagship mobile workhorse for developers, content creators, and enterprise users, pairing desktop-class computational throughput with all-day mobile independence.

M6 Architecture: 12-Core CPU and Dual 16-Core Neural Engine

The centerpiece of the new laptop is Apple's 3-nanometer M6 processor, engineered to accelerate multithreaded professional workflows and local AI execution. The chip features an upgraded 12-core CPU — incorporating two additional cores over its predecessor — which Apple claims delivers the fastest single-threaded execution core in the world alongside up to 60 percent faster multithreaded performance.

M6 Chip — Key Specifications
CPU	12-Core (performance + efficiency cores) — fastest single-threaded core ever in a Mac, up to 60% faster multithreaded vs M5
GPU	12-Core with 3rd-generation hardware ray tracing, Dynamic Caching, Neural Accelerators in every core — up to 30% faster 3D rendering vs M5
Neural Engine	Dual 16-Core (32 total AI cores) — up to 1.9x faster AI throughput vs M5; accelerates local LLMs, image generation, video upscaling, real-time transcription
Unified Memory	16GB standard (configurable to 32GB), 170 GB/s memory bandwidth
Process Node	3nm

Record 24-Hour Battery Life and Liquid Retina XDR Display

Thanks to the extreme energy efficiency of the M6 platform, the 14-inch MacBook Pro achieves up to 24 hours of continuous battery endurance on a single charge — and critically, Apple's power management architecture delivers identical processing throughput whether plugged in or on battery. Fast charging restores up to 50 percent capacity in just 30 minutes with an optional 96W USB-C adapter.

The Liquid Retina XDR display delivers up to 1,600 nits peak HDR brightness, 1,000 nits full-screen sustained luminance, and a 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. A glare-reducing Nano-texture matte display option is available as a configure-to-order upgrade for professionals working in high-ambient-light environments.

Connectivity, Center Stage Camera, and Ports

Enclosed in a 100 percent recycled aluminum chassis available in Space Black (with anodization seal to repel fingerprints) and Silver, the notebook features a comprehensive port selection and updated wireless connectivity.

Ports & Connectivity
Thunderbolt 4	3x Thunderbolt 4 — supports up to two high-resolution external displays
Other Ports	HDMI, SDXC card reader, MagSafe 3, 3.5mm Headphone Jack
WLAN	Wi-Fi 7
Bluetooth	6.0
Camera	12MP Center Stage with Desk View support
Audio	Studio-grade 3-mic array, 6-speaker sound system with Spatial Audio

Pricing and Availability

14-inch MacBook Pro M6 — US Pricing
Base (16GB / 512GB)	$1,999 (Education: $1,899)
Apple Upgrade	From $38.99/month over 36 months
Colors	Space Black, Silver
Pre-Orders	October 28, 2026 — available in 35 countries
Available	November 6, 2026

The 13 inch MacBook Pro with Retina also receives the Intel fifth generation i5 and i7 processors, along with the Thunderbolt 2 ports. The MacBook Pro also benefits from the Force Touch trackpad, and upgraded graphics in the form of Intel's HD Graphics 6000 and Iris Pro.


The pricing details for the updated MacBook Air and the MacBook Pro with Retina are as follows:

Specifications	13-inch with Retina display	15-inch with Retina display
Display	13.3-inch LED-backlit IPS; 2560-by-1600 (227 ppi) Scaled: 1680x1050, 1440x900, 1024x640	15.4-inch LED-backlit IPS; 2880-by-1800 (220 ppi) Scaled: 1920x1200, 1680x1050, 1280x800, 1024x640
Price	$1299 | $1499 | $1799	$1999 | $2499
Processor	2.6GHz / 2.8GHz dual-core i5 (Turbo to 3.1/3.3GHz) Configurable to 3.0GHz dual-core i7 (Turbo to 3.5GHz)	2.2GHz / 2.5GHz quad-core i7 (Turbo to 3.4/3.7GHz) Configurable to 2.8GHz quad-core i7 (Turbo to 4.0GHz)
Memory	8GB 1600MHz DDR3L Configurable to 16GB	16GB 1600MHz DDR3L onboard
Storage	128GB | 256GB | 512GB PCIe-based; Configurable to 1TB	256GB | 512GB PCIe-based; Configurable to 1TB
Graphics	Intel Iris Graphics	Intel Iris Pro / NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M (2GB GDDR5)
Video Output	Thunderbolt: Native Mini DisplayPort; Supports DVI, VGA, Dual-Link DVI (Adapters sold separately) HDMI: 1080p @ 60Hz; 3840x2160 @ 30Hz; 4096x2160 @ 24Hz
Connectivity	MagSafe 2, 2x Thunderbolt 2 (20 Gbps), 2x USB 3 (5 Gbps), HDMI, Headphone port, SDXC card slot
Wireless	802.11ac Wi-Fi (a/b/g/n compatible); Bluetooth 4.0
Audio/Camera	720p FaceTime HD camera; Stereo speakers; Dual microphones
Power	71.8Wh Li-Po; 60W MagSafe 2	95Wh Li-Po; 85W MagSafe 2

The MacBook Pro 13 with Retina Display is the latest in the MacBook Pro lineup and was announced during a special event in California. The device features a 13-inch retina display with 4 million pixels, an all-flash architecture, a design that is just 0.75 inches thin and 3.57 pounds and is powered by a dual-core Intel Core i5 processor.

The full Apple MacBook Pro 13 with Retina Display specifications follow:

(Coming Soon)

The new MacBook Pro with Retina Display is the latest in the MacBook Pro lineup and was announced during the WWDC 2012 keynote. The device features a 15-inch retina display with 5.1 million pixels, an all-flash architecture, a design that is just 0.71 inches thin and 4.46 pounds and is powered by a quad-core Intel Core i7 processor.

The full Apple MacBook Pro with Retina Display specifications follow:


Optional Configurable upgrades

• 2.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
  • up to 2.7GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
• 512GB flash storage
  • up to 768GB flash storage
• Up to 16GB of DDR3L RAM