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Here’s where to preorder the new MacBook Pros
Preorders opened in thirty countries with delivery set for November sixth, and the new touch models start nine hundred dollars above the cheapest M6 version; fingerprints sold separately.

At a glance
- First reported by The Verge: “Here’s where to preorder the new MacBook Pros”, with reporting from CNN, Make Tech Easier, TechRepublic and Pocket-lint.
- Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 29, 2026, at 7:34 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Hank Ledger and Rosa Ticks.
- Topics: MacBook.
- BBN covered this story before: Apple charges $14,549 for a fully specced touchscreen MacBook Pro (October 29).
The real story
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- The VergeHere’s where to preorder the new MacBook Pros
- CNNApple just dropped the OLED touch screen MacBook Pro we’ve waited years for facts used on air
- Make Tech EasierThe 14-inch MacBook Pro with Apple's PROLED XDR tandem OLED display costs $2,899, brings what Apple calls the first touch Mac, and ships November 6. - Make Tech October 28, 2026 · facts used on air
- TechRepublicApple Unveils Touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro From $2,899 October 28, 2026 · facts used on air
- Pocket-lintApple officially unveils its touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro, starting at $2,900 October 28, 2026 · facts used on air
What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorApple's new fourteen and sixteen-inch MacBook Pros have a touchscreen, and preorders are open in thirty countries and regions, Make Tech Easier reports.

Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterThe glowing Apple logo is BACK! It lights up!

Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterI have been told the notch is gone too, and I want it known I had a seat saved for it!

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe notch is replaced by the Dynamic Island, which the iPhone has had for years.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo it's a phone feature, on a laptop, that you now touch.

Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterTouch! The sensor is built into the display panel itself, and Apple says that cuts latency!

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe screen is Tandem OLED, and the laptops are lighter.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe fourteen-inch touch model is the MacBook Pro with the PROLED XDR Display. Apple's own description of that name: hard to remember.

Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterHard to remember?!

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTheir words. It starts at two thousand eight hundred ninety-nine dollars, and the plain fourteen-inch starts at one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorCNN calls the price the big flaw.

Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterThe product page says two thousand nits peak, one thousand sustained! Which one am I supposed to be disappointed in?

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the touch is nine hundred dollars extra, and the bright part is the brochure. Nine hundred dollars, and the fingerprints are free.
The story so far
- Apple wants touchscreens on Macs, but its MacBook lineup could get… · Digital Trends
- Apple wants touchscreens on Macs, but its MacBook lineup could get… · Yahoo Tech
- Apple charges $14,549 for a fully specced touchscreen MacBook Pro · The Verge
- Here’s where to preorder the new MacBook Pros (this story)
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