If it succeeds, touchscreen input will spread beyond the MacBook.
analyst Ming-Chi Kuo reported that Apple will implement a touchscreen interface when it releases its OLED-based MacBook Pro late next year. Apple has been rumored to switch to OLED display technology for a while now, with the rumors gaining momentum in the past year. The touchscreen rumor has been around for some time, too; as Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said in his latest Power On newsletter, he reported on touchscreen OLED MacBooks in 2023.
Gurman made one interesting point in his touchscreen MacBook update, stating that, “if touch resonates on the MacBook Pro, I expect it to eventually come to other Macs as well.” That implies that touchscreen interfaces would spread to the MacBook Air, the rumored cheap MacBook, and even iMac and other desktop Mac displays.
If this does happen, it’s a big shift from Apple’s historic stance that touchscreens and Macs don’t mix.
