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Steve Jobs famously called touchscreen laptops \u201cergonomically terrible,\u201d and for over a decade, Apple stridently refused to make one. Today that all changes with the MacBook Pro <\/a>\u2014 the company\u2019s first laptop to embrace a touch interface. While it\u2019s unlikely that Apple can fix all the \u201cterrible\u201d ergonomics of having to lift your arm up and touch a laptop screen, the company has put some effort into making macOS more touch-friendly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The new 14-inch MacBook Pro with ProLED XDR<\/a> display weighs just 3 pounds, which is noticeably lighter than the current generation of non-touch MacBook Pros, which start at 3.4 pounds for the newly introduced M6 models<\/a>. The difference is even bigger when you jump to the 16-inch model, which clocks in at 4 pounds, while the M6 version without a touchscreen is 4.7.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Also exciting is the return of the glowing Apple logo. It\u2019s a seemingly minor feature, but one that definitely got the audience excited during the introduction, and marks the return of a bit of flair to the MacBook lineup which, let\u2019s be fair, has grown a bit utilitarian-looking over the years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Unsurprisingly, there is a price premium for the new MacBook Pro. The touchscreen OLED model starts at $2,899, $400 more than the otherwise similarly-specced M5 Pro MacBook Pro.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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