{
  "id": 16954126,
  "title": "Apple charges $14,549 for a fully specced touchscreen MacBook Pro",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/apple-charges-14-549-for-a-fully-specced-touchscreen-macbook-pro",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-28T20:12:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Verge",
    "slug": "the-verge",
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/1021308/apple-touchscreen-macbook-pro-proled-xdr-fully-specced"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Apple has launched a new MacBook Pro featuring an OLED display and touchscreen capabilities, marking a significant price increase compared to its predecessor. The fully specced version of the new MacBook Pro comes with an M5 Max chip, an 18-core CPU, and a 40-core GPU, priced at $14,549. This configuration also includes nano-texture glass, 128GB of memory, and 16TB of storage, contributing to the overall high cost. Upgrading from the base models, which start at $2,899 for 14-inch and $3,399 for 16-inch, to the premium configuration adds $4,400 to the price. Notably, the 16TB storage option, a new addition, adds an extra $7,000 to the MacBook Pro's price, making it significantly more expensive than the previous version.",
  "summary": "With an OLED display and touchscreen capabilities, it's no surprise that the new MacBook Pro Apple announced today is more expensive than the MBP announced earlier this year. 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 […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "AppleInsider",
        "title": "Preorders are live for Apple's new iPad mini, iMac & MacBook Pro lineup",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/preorders-are-live-for-apples-new-ipad-mini-imac-macbook-pro-lineup",
        "published": "2026-10-28T17:39:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Apple's touchscreen MacBook Pro is the first Mac with the Dynamic Island, offering similar functionality to the iPhone; the Dynamic Island launched in 2022 (Hartley Charlton/MacRumors)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/apples-touchscreen-macbook-pro-is-the-first-mac-with-the-dynamic",
        "published": "2026-10-28T17:40:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "Apple releases touchscreen Mac developer videos, with live sessions coming in November",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/apple-releases-touchscreen-mac-developer-videos-with-live-sessions",
        "published": "2026-10-28T19:27:35.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}