Whereas the M5 MacBook Professional launch on Wednesday is contemporary in everybody’s thoughts, that is expertise we’re speaking about, and it’s at all times shifting ahead. Therefore, Thursday’s report offers particulars in regards to the M6 MacBook Professional that’s anticipated to be launched in late 2026 or early 2027.
However apart from that timeframe and the pricing (extra on that in a bit), Thursday’s report by Bloomberg’s Mark Girman doesn’t actually say something new about what to anticipate within the M6 MacBook Professional. Gurman reiterates that Apple is implementing a lighter and thinner design, in addition to OLED shows. The corporate might use a tadem OLED show much like that discovered within the present iPad Professional. Apple can also be abandoning the notch, as an alternative going with a gap punch that’s “comparable in idea to the Dynamic Island on the iPhone,” Gurman mentioned.
After which there’s a marquee characteristic of the long run MacBook: a contact display screen. Gurman does present a brand new bit with regard to this: the laptop computer’s hinge will probably be bolstered and use display screen {hardware} in order that the contact display screen doesn’t transfer or bounce when touched. In case you don’t wish to use the contact display screen, you don’t must, for the reason that laptop computer will nonetheless have a trackpad and keyboard.
How a lot will the brand new touchscreen MacBook Professional value? “A couple of hundred {dollars} extra” than the present MacBook Professional, as a result of “pricier elements,” in keeping with Gurman. A 14-inch M4 Professional MacBook Professional begins at $1,999/£1,999, so anticipate the M6 Professional beginning worth to interrupt the $2,000/£2,000 barrier.
One factor about Gurman’s report on the pricing is that he refers back to the present “high-end” MacBook Professional fashions for reference–he particularly disregarded the newly-released M5 MacBook Professional. That appears to point that Apple will implement this new design and OLED touchscreen within the M6 Professional and Max fashions and never within the base M6 MacBook Professional.
As for whether or not we’ll see a touchscreen MacBook Air or iMac, Gurman states that, “Apple isn’t actively growing extra touch-screen Macs.” The corporate is ready to see the shopper response earlier than it decides on its plans. Gurman additionally acknowledged that Apple has plans for the M5 MacBook Air in spring 2026, a Mac Studio and Mac mini replace, and two new Mac shows.