Touchscreen MacBook Pro to Reportedly Start at $2,899 for 14-Inch, $3,399 for 16-Inch
THE SO WHAT
If Apple pushes touchscreen MacBook Pros toward $3,000+, it’s segmenting the line into a premium, pen-and-touch creative/workstation tier and everything else. For IT and software teams, assume a long coexistence of touch and non-touch Macs—don’t bet your UX or tooling on touch being universal anytime soon.
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