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Apple unveils its first touchscreen MacBook Pro
Apple announced its first touchscreen MacBook Pro, with an OLED display, at its "Pro and Tell" event.[1, 3, 4 +1] The laptop starts at $2,899, according to Tom's Hardware and TechCrunch, and launches on November 6.[3, 17, 22]
It comes in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes and is thinner and lighter than previous models.[5, 20] The new machine also brings back the glowing Apple logo.[6, 20]
Why it matters The new MacBook Pro goes on sale November 6, with preorders open now.[3, 20]
Covered by The New York Times, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and 14 more
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How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 8 rated outlets that covered it, 1 is left of center, 5 are center and 2 are right of center (1 of them in the Right group). 9 more are not rated.
Too few left- or right-leaning outlets to compare: 1 of 42 left-leaning, 5 of 33 center and 2 of 38 right-leaning outlets covered it.
- Left: none.
- Leans left: The New York Times (−0.70).
- Center: Mashable (−0.45), Business Insider (−0.09), Bloomberg (+0.08), Forbes (+0.19), CNBC (+0.40).
- Leans right: The Wall Street Journal (+0.63).
- Right: Fox Business (+1.66).
Not rated Ars Technica, Engadget, TechCrunch, Tom's Hardware, The Verge, Wired, The Information, CNET, Fast Company. Not placed: they have no lean score.
Each dot is an outlet that covered it, placed by its audience-lean score (Eady et al. 2025), which measures who shares its links, not how accurate it is. The ticks under the line are all 113 rated outlets Tare reads.