Antonio G. Di Benedetto

Reviewer, Laptops

Antonio is a laptop reviewer at The Verge. Before starting here in 2021 as a deals writer, he worked in the photography industry — and still photographs weddings on the side from time to time. He also plays lots of video / tabletop games, collects vinyl records, buys too many mechanical keyboards, and endlessly professes his love for the great state of New Jersey.

The touchscreen MacBook Pro is just a MacBook Pro with a touchscreen

It’s thinner, lighter, and has an incredible OLED display, but after all this time, the touchscreen feels like an afterthought.

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Just a smidge thinner.

The new touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro’s redesigned chassis is only slightly thinner than the Mini LED model — especially comparing the 14-inchers, shown here. It’s when you pick them up that you really notice and can appreciate the lighter weight.

Your wallet will be much lighter too.

<em>The 14-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED Display (left) is 0.02 inches / 0.5mm thinner than the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 (right).</em>

<em>The 14-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED Display (left) and the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 (right).</em>

<em>You gotta love a light-up lid though.</em>

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The 14-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED Display (left) is 0.02 inches / 0.5mm thinner than the 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 (right).

Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge

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These are the touch settings for the new OLED MacBook Pro.

The new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display has a section in System Settings for Touch Display controls. Much of it is for toggling similar gestures to the trackpad: Mission Control, Show Apps, Show Desktop, etc. You can turn off touchscreen funcions entirely, but that’s buried in Accessibility settings.