Apple Plans October Events With OLED MacBook Pro

In this week's Sunday Reboot, the touch-enabled MacBook Pro looms, but the Mac-iPad divide still exists for some reason. Imagine the MacBook Pro, but with OLED and a touchable display. Sunday Reboot is a weekly column covering lighter stories within the Apple reality distortion field.

Apple is apparently planning two events for October, shortening the gap between fall presentations to half a month. The first event will feature smart home stuff, while the end-of-October event will introduce new Mac and iPad hardware. The new end-of-August Mac mini and Mac Studio refresh was unexpected.

The October event will be dominated by an OLED iPad mini and a long-awaited OLED MacBook Pro with touchscreen support. Touch-enabled notebooks have existed for years, but concerns remain about stability and typing ergonomics. Adding touch to a MacBook Pro would allow users to interact with data without buying an iPad, though some view the iPad as already serving that purpose with a Magic Keyboard and menu bar.

The author uses an M2 11-inch iPad Pro as a form of notebook, suggesting the iPad is nearly at the same level as a touch-enabled Mac.

Source: AppleInsider · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing