Apples touchscreen MacBook is definitely happening, report claims
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A leaker claims Apple is "100%" launching a MacBook with a touchscreen, marking a significant shift in the company's long-standing design philosophy. Apple has resisted adding touchscreens to its laptops for over a decade, arguing that they're ergonomically awkward and unnecessary when trackpads are optimized for laptop use. The report doesn't specify timing or which MacBook models will get the feature, but it suggests Apple is finally capitulating to years of user requests and competitive pressure from Windows laptops. If accurate, the move would represent a notable reversal in Apple's hardware strategy.
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs once famously said a touchscreen MacBook was never going to happen, but that was a long time ago, and things are changing.
A leaker known as Instant Digital, known for some eerily accurate Apple-related predictions, seemed certain about it in a recent Weibo post (via MacRumors).
"It's 100% confirmed that the MacBook screen will be touch-enabled," he wrote.
The leaker did not add any other details, so we don't know which version of the MacBook is getting the touchscreen, nor when this is supposed to happen. But the post builds on previous reports from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, with both previously stating that Apple is working on a touchscreen variant of the MacBook.
Rumors about such a device have circulated for years, though, and nothing ever came to fruition. Gurman's report dates February 2026, and back then he said the initial batch of touch-enabled Macs are coming "this fall." Gurman said the company would be pretty lax about the touchscreen, allowing the users to use it as much or as little they'd like, instead of positioning the Mac as a better version of the iPad.
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Apple is also rumored to launch a high-end "MacBook Ultra" later this year; this top-of-the-line device should come with Apple's most powerful chips, an OLED display, and it might be the first one to be touch-enabled.