Apple unveils new MacBook Pro with tandem OLED touchscreen display and M5 chips

Apple on Wednesday October 28 unveiled its latest MacBook Pro lineup featuring a new tandem OLED display touchscreen capabilities and its M5 Pro and M5 Max processorsThe latest MacBook is available in 14inch and 16inch models The MacBook Pro lineup also brings the Dynamic Island to Mac for the first time alongside enhanced artificial intelligence AI features and up to 24 hours of battery lifeDisplayThe new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display is designed for professional users including content creators photographers designers developers and video editorsApple said ldquoThe new display delivers up to 2000 nits of peak HDR and SDR brightness a 100000001 contrast ratio and a variable refresh rate of up to 120HzrdquoLaunching the MacBook Pro lineup Apple also highlighted the tandem OLED technology is designed to provide improved brightness uniformity deeper blacks and more accurate colours The display also supports both P3 and Adobe RGB colour spaces making it suitable for colourcritical professional workflows including photography design and HDR video editingTouchscreen and Dynamic Island come to MacOne of the biggest changes in the new MacBook Pro is the introduction of touchscreen functionality on Mac for the first timeApple said that users can interact directly with content through gestures such as swiping pinching to zoom dragging and dropping elements and selecting items on the screenTouchscreen integrated into display panelThe touchscreen has been integrated directly into the display panel to reduce latencyThe feature is expected to benefit professionals working with graphic design 3D modelling music production and video editing It will also work alongside the traditional keyboard shortcuts and trackpad gesturesThe new MacBook Pro also introduces the Dynamic Island which will serve as a central space for Spotlight search Live Activities and Siri AI Users can access realtime updates control music respond to AirDrop requests and manage calls through the featureM5 Pro and M5 Max power the new MacBook ProThe latest lineup is powered by Apples M5 Pro and M5 Max processors which the company describes as its most powerful chips built for a professional laptopThe M5 Pro is aimed at scientists engineers software developers and creative professionals handling demanding workloads including code compilation AI tasks and editing multiple streams of 8K ProRes videoThe M5 Max meanwhile is designed for more intensive applications such as 3D visual effects animation film scoring and AI development Apple said the processor can support running large language models with hundreds of billions of parameters entirely on the deviceBoth chips feature enhanced GPU cores a thirdgeneration raytracing engine and Neural Accelerators designed to speed up AI workloads The new MacBook Pro supports up to 128GB of unified memory and configurable storage of up to 16TBImproved battery lifeDespite the hardware upgrades Apple has made the new MacBook Pro thinner and lighter The 14inch model weighs around 3 pounds while the 16inch variant weighs 4 pounds The company claims the laptops offer up to 24 hours of battery lifeThe new lineup also features an enhanced sixspeaker sound system with 50 per cent deeper bass improved sound clarity and support for Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos Other specifications include a 12MP Center Stage camera studioquality microphones three Thunderbolt 5 ports HDMI an SDXC card slot MagSafe charging and a headphone jackThe laptops also support WiFi 7 and Bluetooth 6 The M5 Pro variant can connect to up to three external displays while the M5 Max model supports up to fourPricing and availability in IndiaApple has announced the following starting prices for the new MacBook Pro lineup in India14inch MacBook Pro with M5 Pro Rs 34990016inch MacBook Pro with M5 Pro Rs 40990014inch MacBook Pro with M5 Max Rs 54990016inch MacBook Pro with M5 Max Rs 589900The new MacBook Pro models are available for preorder from October 28 through Apples website and Apple Store app Apple said the laptops will begin reaching customers and retail stores from November 9The company has also introduced new software capabilities through macOS 27 including touchscreen optimisation Siri AI and Apple Intelligence features designed to improve productivity and support professional workflows