Touchscreen MacBook live blog: On the ground at Apple’s launch event

<figure> <img alt="The 16-inch MacBook Pro with M4 Max chip on a white table with pink background." data-caption="The MacBook Pro has looked mostly the same for several years now. And it’s never had a proper touchscreen. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge" data-portal-copyright="Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25786626/247412_Apple_MacBook_Pro_16_M4_Max_ADiBenedetto_0008.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> The MacBook Pro has looked mostly the same for several years now. And it’s never had a proper touchscreen. | Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apple has already had a busy week. On Monday, it announced a new <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1017801/ipad-mini-oled-display-apple-announce">iPad Mini with an upgraded OLED display</a>, and on Tuesday, we got M6 chip upgrades for the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1017664/apple-macbook-pro-m6-processor-upgrade">MacBook Pro</a> and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1018467/apple-imac-m6-chip-announced-price-release">iMac</a>. The Macs are the definition of iterative updates - they're quiet refreshes that look just like their direct predecessors. But today should be a whole lot more interesting.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">At an event in Los Angeles, Apple is expected to debut a revamped <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1019288/apple-event-la-macbook-pro-touchscreen-questions">MacBook Pro with a touchscreen display</a>. This would be the first touchscreen on a Mac (not counting the beleaguered <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/31/23938841/apple-macbook-pro-touch-bar-discontinued-proof-of-concept">Touch Bar</a>). Touchscreen laptops are something <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zfir0Ide0A">Apple executives have criticized</a> for about as long as the iPad has existe …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1019809/apple-touchscreen-macbook-pro-la-keynote-event-live-blog">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>