News about laptops

Apple has launched its first laptop with a touchscreen, the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, which uses OLED technology. It runs M5 Pro or M5 Max chips, is lighter than Apple's current pro laptops, and runs macOS. The 14-inch version starts at $2,899 and the 16-inch version costs at least $3,399, both notable price increases, with sales beginning November 6. This is Apple's third major product launch under CEO John Ternus, in a laptop market suffering one of its worst slumps, which analysts link to AI-driven memory shortages that have raised prices. IDC reported that total PC shipments fell 20% year over year in the third quarter, while Apple's shipments dropped 11%.

Apple has launched a new MacBook Pro, its first Mac with a touchscreen, which also brings back the glowing Apple logo on the back. The laptop uses the PROLED XDR display, Apple's OLED branding, and is lighter than the previous version, which weighed about 3.5 pounds. To support touch, Apple redesigned macOS so content is easier to manipulate and strengthened the hinge so the screen stays steady when touched. The 14-inch version starts at $2,899 and the 16-inch at $3,399, compared with $1,999 for the non-touchscreen model, which has a less powerful chip. Apple executives, including new CEO John Ternus, had previously dismissed touchscreen Macs mainly over ergonomic concerns about reaching across the keyboard.

Apple has introduced the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, using tandem OLED technology, and it is the first Mac with Touch, in thinner and lighter designs. The display offers up to 2,000 nits peak HDR and SDR brightness, a 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio, a 120Hz refresh rate, and P3 and Adobe RGB color coverage. Powered by M5 Pro or M5 Max chips with up to 128 GB of unified memory and up to 16 TB of storage, the laptop offers up to 24 hours of battery life and brings the Dynamic Island to Mac. It comes in 14- and 16-inch models, with pre-orders starting October 28 and availability beginning November 6.

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported that Apple has discussed charging $400 more for its touch-screen OLED MacBook Pro models launching Wednesday at the “Pro and Tell” event, with a 14-inch model starting at $2,899 and a 16-inch model at least $3,399 versus the current $2,999 starting price. Gurman expects the laptops to feature M5 Pro and M5 Max chips, a redesigned hinge for touch stability, a new cooling system, and a slightly thinner, noticeably lighter design. The article notes that Steve Jobs called touchscreen laptops “ergonomically terrible” in 2010, a position Apple maintained for years. Apple shares closed at $347.10 on Tuesday, up 0.93%, and Benzinga Edge ranks the stock in the 97th percentile for Quality and the 41st percentile for Growth.

Newegg announced that NVIDIA RTX Spark laptops are now available to order in the U.S. and Canada via Newegg.com and Newegg.ca, starting with the MSI Prestige N16 Flip AI+ priced from $3,299 USD. RTX Spark combines NVIDIA AI, RTX graphics and unified memory in one Windows PC, designed to run larger AI models locally and handle creative work, development and gaming. Creators get accelerated 3D rendering and AV1 encoding, while gamers get ray tracing, DLSS and Reflex in supported games. Purchases are limited to one unit per customer, and Newegg says it will add more systems as partners bring them to market.