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Apple's Touchscreen MacBook Pro Is Impressive. It's Also Not the MacBook Most People Need.
10/29/2026
Steve Jobs spent years telling people touchscreen laptops were a bad idea — your arm gets tired, your screen gets smudged, and a trackpad does the job better. Apple just spent years proving him half-wrong, unveiling a touchscreen MacBook Pro with an OLED display as the finale of…
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