Gurman Says Touchscreen MacBook Pro Could Reach Stores November 6
A touchscreen MacBook Pro that Gurman himself flagged in April as possibly pushed to early 2027 now has a retail window inside the year, which makes the October 28 announcement the date that settles whether the delay held.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Mark Gurman said on his Power On podcast on October 15 that Apple retail stores will overhaul their floors the night of November 5 through November 6, and he expects a touchscreen MacBook Pro, M6 iMac and MacBook Pro, and an OLED iPad mini to be in stores from November 6. He reported the same day that the announcement is set for October 28.
The store floor work is the tell. Gurman ties the November 5 to 6 overhaul to products he says will be ready to sell the next morning, not to a later shipping window. The touchscreen MacBook Pro has been the uncertain piece: in April he reported component procurement constraints affecting the redesign and a possible slip to early 2027, and the idea itself goes back to his 2023 report that Apple was considering it. 9to5Mac reads the same window as part of a run of releases across four consecutive weeks, from iPhone Duo on October 23 to HomeView and Apple TV 4K on November 13, with the Mac and iPad mini in between.
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- ASCII.jp アップル「タッチ対応MacBook Pro」11月6日に店頭へ？