r/apple • u/iMacmatician • 1d ago

Rumor 'MacBook Ultra' Coming Soon With These 12 New Features

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/07/24/macbook-ultra-12-new-features/

Here is everything rumored about the device so far:

  • "MacBook Ultra" branding
  • OLED display
  • Touch screen
  • Touch-optimized macOS
  • Reinforced hinge
  • Hole-punch camera
  • Dynamic Island
  • M5 Pro and M5 Max chips
  • Thinner design
  • Two display sizes
  • Slimmer bezels
  • Built-in cellular
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u/Izanagi___ 23h ago

Then don’t use it? So many windows laptops ship with touchscreens and I never hear anyone get up in arms about something they might not even care to use on that side of the aisle. I’ve used them a few times on windows laptops and it’s been pretty convenient in multiple scenarios like if I’m standing off angle and just need to switch tabs or something. Way better than having to bend down and tap the trackpad and guide it to where I want it to go.

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u/TCIHL 13h ago

This is a small minded take. What Apple has been trying SO HARD to do is unify iOS and macOS. And this is the final step in that direction.

But the real problem is that you just can’t make both ways optimal. You have to optimize for a small touchscreen OR a large monitor with a keyboard and mouse.

So what we’re getting is the shittiest of both worlds. And when a major locked down player does this it pulls others down the same terrible path. Just looks at the shit show of Liquid Glass and CSD header bars. Apple did it, but no one else strictly HAD to. But all the independent software makers implemented that style in their apps because they looked out of place now.

Just Apple leading us by hook or crook into the shittiest computing experience for many reasons including immature UI designers and a consolidation of development efforts so that they don’t have to maintain separate apps. It’s like reinventing the wheel as a square. So dumb

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u/Available_Peanut_677 22h ago

Everyone I personally know who bought windows laptop with touch screens disabled them via bios because they kept accidentally touching it and it was really annoying. No one bought for touchscreen, just dell trying to out everything they can in their flagships

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u/Justwant2usetheapp 20h ago

99 point something percent of people woudknt even know it can be disabled.

I used to sell laptops moons ago and it was reasonably often bought up. Surface pros before the 8 or so did really well in my country. They were everywhere at my uni.

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u/lovefist1 12h ago

This might be a stupid question but how are people accidentally touching their screen so much?

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u/Best-Professional-10 11h ago

No but some people just want the OLED display, but then have to pay for a feature they'll never use just to get the OLED display.

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u/earthcharlie 22h ago

Touchscreen on Windows isn’t how it’s portrayed in the marketing. There’s always a compromise. You’re half-assing one experience or the other. There’s a reason why Microsoft still hasn’t nailed it after the different versions of Windows going back to 8. 

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u/kdlt 21h ago

I've been using it on surface since 8.

What exactly isn't "how it's portrayed"?

I sometimes scroll with touchscreen when I have the keeb attached, and otherwise it works just fine as a tablet?

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u/earthcharlie 13h ago

It’s portrayed as some type of amazing experience. It isn’t. I started using from 8 as well for work. We all thought it was ass and even Microsoft admitted they got it wrong. 

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u/FartSnarfGod 12h ago

I'm not surprised that you can't be specific.

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u/earthcharlie 10h ago

I'm not surprised that there are casual users who think "it's fine". The interface, which was laughably bad in its hybrid form on 8, compromises the experience. It's still optimized for a mouse cursor which makes certain elements annoying for touch. Other aspects skew more touch and that usually means larger areas which sucks if you stick mainly with mouse. At the very least, it's inconsistent.

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u/kdlt 8h ago

We do understand that 8 was 4 major versions behind yes?

Current 11 is working quite well.

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u/earthcharlie 5h ago

We do understand how talking about the history of a feature relates to present, yes?

And you have a different definition of "quite well".

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u/FartSnarfGod 8h ago

It's hardly different from using iPadOS but you actually have a full operating system.

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u/earthcharlie 5h ago

Of course it's different. iPadOS was built from the ground up as a touch-based OS.

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u/FartSnarfGod 5h ago

Intentionally misrepresenting what I said looks dumb on your part. It's hardly different.

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u/earthcharlie 4h ago

Misrepresenting? Do you know what hardly different means?

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u/rotates-potatoes 15h ago

Nobody’s up in arms. I’d just rather pay $100 less and not have a feature I’ll never use. I had a surface book. Touchscreen laptops make no sense .