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Apple slated to unveil first touchscreen laptops amid product blitz

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Apple plans to unveil its first touchscreen MacBooks in Los Angeles on Wednesday as part of a series of product launches leading up to the holiday shopping season. This move comes after recent releases of a folding iPhone and a smart home hub earlier this month. The decision marks a shift from Apple’s previous stance against touchscreens in laptops, which was criticized by some analysts but seen as inevitable by others due to market expectations for touchscreen functionality on newer devices.

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Apple is set to unveil its first touchscreen MacBooks in Los Angeles on Wednesday, marking a significant departure from previous company policy. Executives had long resisted touchscreens in laptops, with Steve Jobs stating they were "ergonomically terrible" in 2010 and Tim Cook comparing them unfavorably to combining a toaster and refrigerator in 2012. However, as the iPhone approaches its two-decade anniversary, demand for touchscreen capabilities has grown among younger consumers. This announcement comes after Apple's recent launches of the folding iPhone Duo in September and a smart home hub earlier this month, positioning it well for the crucial holiday shopping season. Analyst Anshel Sag believes that Apple was wrong to resist touchscreens and sees this move as reality catching up with technological trends.

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Apple slated to unveil first touchscreen laptops amid product blitz By asserted

Apple → slat → blitz

Apple is expected to unveil its first touchscreen MacBooks on Wednesday, abandoning a long-held aversion to the technology as it caps a burst of product launches ahead of the crucial holiday shopping season. asserted

it → expect → season

Apple is holding an event in Los Angeles after launching a folding iPhone, Duo, at its Silicon Valley headquarters in September and a smart home hub in New York earlier this month. asserted

Apple → hold → York

While those products will test new markets for Apple, the Los Angeles event could rekindle an old question: should Apple put the touchscreens that it made mainstream in iPhones and iPads in its oldest product line? uncertain

it → test → line

Apple executives long resisted the idea, with Steve Jobs saying in 2010 that touchscreens on laptops were “ergonomically terrible” and then-CEO Tim Cook saying in 2012 that such devices would be as pleasing to users as converging a toaster and a refrigerator. But touchscreens have been widely available for more than a decade on Windows devices, and with the iPhone nearing its two-decade anniversary, a new generation of buyers expects screens to respond to touch. “I believe they were always wrong on pushing back on touch, and this is the long arm of reality setting in,” said Anshel Sag, an analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy. asserted

Sag → resist → Insights

A key question for Apple is how customers will respond. asserted

customers → respond → Apple

The company has seen an uptick in Mac sales, but much of that growth has been among technology enthusiasts and businesses buying the machines to handle AI tasks on-device. asserted

much → see → device

While Apple this week announced an upgraded base model of its MacBook Pro with a new M6 chip, Bloomberg News has reported that it plans to ship touchscreen models with its existing M5 Pro and M5 Max chips that already come in MacBook Pro models, meaning the new machines would not gain a significant performance boost over existing ones. asserted

machines → announce → ones

“The only thing people want is more memory and better processors for local models!” prominent tech commentator Jason Calacanis, the host of the All-In Podcast, wrote on X. asserted

Calacanis → want → X.

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