Apple charges $14,549 for a fully specced touchscreen MacBook Pro

<figure> <img alt="The new Apple touchscreen MacBook pro laptop on a display stand surrounded by other laptops." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Photo: Owen Grove / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/10/mbp2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">With an <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1020549/macbook-studio-touchscreen-hands-on">OLED display and touchscreen capabilities</a>, it's no surprise that the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/1019554/apple-touchscreen-macbook-pro-and-tell">new MacBook Pro Apple announced today</a> is more expensive than the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/888091/apple-march-2026-event-macbook-air-pro-announcement">MBP announced earlier this year</a>. But upgrading the base models that start at $2,899 for the 14-inch, and $3,399 for the 16-inch, with every premium hardware option that Apple offers pushes those prices to an eye-watering $14,249 and $14,549, respectively.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Both of those premium configurations include the M5 Max chip with an 18-core CPU and 40-core GPU, $150 worth of nano-texture glass, 128GB of memory that adds an extra $2,000, and 16TB of storage which is the real budget breaker here thanks to the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/839353/pc-ram-shortage-pricing-spike-news">ong …</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1021308/apple-touchscreen-macbook-pro-proled-xdr-fully-specced">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>