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Apple unveils first touchscreen MacBook Pro with M5 chips

Apple unveils first MacBook Pro with a touchscreen
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Apple has built its first Mac laptop with a touchscreen: the new MacBook Pro with a PROLED XDR display comes in two sizes, 14 and 16 inches. Touch used to be the domain of the iPad and iPhone, so some buyers may now wonder whether they still need a tablet.

For years Apple has been moving tablets closer to laptops: attach a keyboard to an iPad and you can work on it almost like on a laptop. Now the company is blurring the line from the other side. How much the overlap between the two categories will affect sales should become clear in the coming months.

What you can do with your fingers

You can scroll websites with one finger, zoom in on photos with two, and drag images between presentations. A double tap expands a window to full screen, and dragging it to the edge snaps it into place.

Apple is aiming beyond comfortable browsing: musicians will be able to play virtual instruments right on the display, designers to tweak layouts, and video editors to work with gestures. For developers, the screen will make it easier to test iPhone and iPad apps.

“The new MacBook Pro with a PROLED XDR display is a huge leap forward for the Mac,” said Johny Srouji, Apple’s head of hardware technologies, at the presentation in Los Angeles. According to him, touch control and the powerful M5 Pro and M5 Max chips will give professionals entirely new ways to work with content.

Many existing apps will handle basic input: macOS can turn a touch into a click. More complex gestures will require developers to update their software, and apps supporting the new features will arrive later this year, company representatives said.

A reinforced hinge

A touchscreen laptop needs more than a display that responds to fingers: if the lid wobbles with every touch, the convenience quickly disappears. That is why Apple redesigned the hinge, which should now hold the display more securely in the chosen position. During video calls, camera image stabilization will smooth out any possible shaking.

According to the manufacturer, the touch layer is built directly into the display panel rather than added as a separate layer, which should ensure fast and accurate response.

Around Prague, based on reporting by novinky.cz

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