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Apple unveils groundbreaking MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display

PRESS RELEASE 29 October 2026

Apple unveils groundbreaking MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch for the first time on Mac

The world's best pro laptop now features an industry-leading tandem OLED display, an intuitive Touch experience, blazing-fast M5 Pro and M5 Max performance and AI capabilities, and up to 24 hours of battery life, all in a thinner, lighter design
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today introduced the all-new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, featuring breakthrough tandem OLED technology that delivers game-changing front-of-screen performance. Available in 14- and 16-inch models, MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display offers a visual experience unlike any other, transforming pro workflows with up to 2000 nits peak HDR and SDR brightness, an industry-leading 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio for exceptional detail, a 120Hz variable refresh rate, and a wider colour gamut covering both P3 and Adobe RGB for brilliant colours. The new MacBook Pro also introduces intuitive Touch capabilities on the Mac for the first time, opening up a whole new dimension for pros to interact with their content, from manipulating 3D models to playing musical instruments onscreen. The Dynamic Island now comes to Mac, serving as the home for Spotlight,1 Live Activities, and Siri AI.2 And with up to 24 hours of battery life in thinner and much lighter 3- and 4-pound designs, MacBook Pro is more portable than ever, empowering pros to take their work wherever inspiration strikes.3 Featuring M5 Pro and M5 Max, Apple's most powerful chips ever built for a pro laptop, along with up to 128GB of unified memory and now up to 16TB of blazing-fast storage, the new MacBook Pro delivers speed and capability for the most demanding workflows. An enhanced six-speaker sound system now provides 50 per cent deeper bass and remarkable sound clarity for even more immersive audio. And Thunderbolt 5 and a wide array of connectivity, a 12MP Center Stage camera, studio-quality mics, and the power of macOS 27 with Apple Intelligence and Siri AI complete the MacBook Pro experience.2 It is available to pre-order starting today, 29 October, with availability beginning Friday, 6 November.
"The new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display is a monumental step forward for the Mac," said Johny Srouji, Apple's chief hardware officer. "PROLED XDR is the world's best laptop display. It pairs state-of-the-art tandem OLED technology with advanced algorithms in our display engine to deliver the kind of visual fidelity pros have been dreaming of. And with the magic of Touch coming to MacBook Pro, combined with the game-changing performance of M5 Pro and M5 Max, we've created a whole new way for pros to interact with their content, taking their workflows to a completely new level. The new MacBook Pro is the result of the deep integration between Apple silicon, hardware, and software, and there's simply nothing else like it."
With tandem OLED technology with innovations in every layer, advanced algorithms in the display engine, and a state-of-the-art factory calibration process for the ultimate front-of-screen performance, the new MacBook Pro features the world's best laptop display.

PROLED XDR: The World's Best Display in a Pro Laptop

The new MacBook Pro debuts the PROLED XDR display, which uses tandem OLED technology and advances it with breakthrough innovations in every layer, advanced algorithms in the display engine, and a state-of-the-art factory calibration process to deliver Extreme Dynamic Range (XDR) and stunning visual fidelity. With exceptional brightness, striking contrast, and vivid true-to-life colours, PROLED XDR offers the ultimate front-of-screen performance, enabling a new level of visual acuity and precision for content creators, photographers, colourists, and designers who need a reference-caliber display on the go.

A Tandem OLED Display Unlike Any Other

PROLED XDR is the world's best laptop display, delivering true-to-life colour and unparalleled brightness and contrast. The PROLED XDR display offers tandem OLED technology unlike any other, with deep innovations in its layers that keep brightness and grayscale uniform across the entire display, while minimising internal reflections common in traditional OLED designs. It's all backed by advanced algorithms in the display engine that precisely control each pixel in real time, plus a meticulous manufacturing process and precise calibration of every panel for consistency from display to display.
Featuring two self-illuminating pixel layers, PROLED XDR delivers breathtaking contrast, deep blacks, and brilliant highlights with exceptional brightness uniformity and clarity, without blooming or halos.

Breathtaking Brightness and Contrast

PROLED XDR offers up to 2000 nits peak HDR and SDR brightness, allowing specular highlights to shine with stunning intensity. And through optimisations in the tandem OLED panel and custom compensation techniques, combined with precise control of light across the display, the PROLED XDR display achieves an industry-leading 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio, so even the deepest shadows reveal incredible detail, bringing HDR content remarkably close to reality.
With up to 2000 nits peak HDR and SDR brightness and an extraordinary 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio, PROLED XDR delivers breathtaking highlights, deep blacks, and exceptional shadow detail for a stunningly lifelike viewing experience.

An Advanced Display Engine

The display engine precisely controls the colour and luminance of every pixel at the sub-millisecond level, compensating for content, pixel use, temperature, and environment all at once to offer exceptional brightness uniformity and grayscale accuracy, even in fast-motion content. It also monitors and adapts each pixel's usage over time to preserve stunning image quality. And ProMotion technology delivers adaptive refresh rates from as low as 10Hz for better power efficiency and up to 120Hz for fluid responsiveness for content in motion.
The state-of-the-art display engine precisely controls the colour and brightness of every pixel for exceptional uniformity, stunning shadow detail, and brilliant image quality.

The Ultimate Display for Colour-Critical Workflows

PROLED XDR offers pros a super-wide colour gamut with P3 and now Adobe RGB - critical for workflows in photography and design - along with notably wider coverage in green and cyan ranges. This results in more than 80 per cent Rec. 2020 coverage for HDR video editing and colour grading. Cutting-edge factory calibration ensures luminance, white point, and colour gamut are precisely aligned with standard targets. Both colour spaces are accessible within a single default preset, streamlining pro workflows and making it seamless to switch between them. With the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, pros have a portable reference display on the go.
PROLED XDR supports both P3 and Adobe RGB colour spaces, delivering exceptional colour accuracy for HDR video, photography, and print design, with advanced calibration for stunning precision.

Stunning Clarity in Bright Light

With up to 2000 nits peak SDR brightness, combined with a state-of-the-art antireflective coating, the display is easy to read even in bright lighting conditions. For even greater visibility, the nano-texture option - now precisely etched into the cover glass - further reduces reflections and glare to eliminate distractions while maintaining an excellent viewing experience.
Combined with up to 2000 nits peak SDR brightness and a state-of-the-art antireflective coating, the new MacBook Pro delivers exceptional clarity even in bright environments, while a nano-texture option further reduces glare and reflections.
With breakthrough tandem OLED technology, extreme brightness, and extraordinary contrast, along with a super-wide colour gamut, PROLED XDR is truly the world's best laptop display, giving pros an unparalleled visual experience and setting a whole new bar for the industry.

Touch Arrives on Mac

MacBook Pro features Touch for the first time, bringing pros a whole new way to interact with their content. Crafted specifically for the Mac, every touch interaction feels incredibly responsive and refined. Everyday tasks are simple and intuitive, allowing users to scroll through a webpage with a natural swipe; pinch to zoom in on a photo; drag and drop slides from one presentation to another; and double-tap a window to fill the screen, or flick to tile it into place. And the touch sensor is built directly into the display panel - not layered on top of it - reducing latency so users feel like they're touching the content itself.
Touch also introduces entirely new ways of working for pro users. Graphic designers can now use the entire display as their canvas, no longer constrained by the area of the trackpad when drawing; musicians can play software instruments right onscreen; and app developers can test how Touch performs in their iOS and iPadOS apps directly on the MacBook Pro display. And these new ways to interact with MacBook Pro work in tandem with the keyboard shortcuts and trackpad gestures pros know and love. In addition, a newly designed hinge provides greater stability while using Touch, and advanced video stabilisation automatically smooths the camera feed in real time while using Touch on a video call.
With its breakthrough PROLED XDR display and intuitive Touch experience, the new MacBook Pro transforms how pros create and edit on the go - from filmmakers and colourists to photographers, 3D artists, musicians, and more - while empowering researchers, developers, and engineers to tackle their most complex projects from anywhere.
With its breakthrough PROLED XDR display and intuitive Touch experience, the new MacBook Pro transforms how pros create and edit on the go - from filmmakers and colourists to photographers, 3D artists, musicians, and more - while empowering researchers, developers, and engineers to tackle their most complex projects from anywhere.
With its breakthrough PROLED XDR display and intuitive Touch experience, the new MacBook Pro transforms how pros create and edit on the go - from filmmakers and colourists to photographers, 3D artists, musicians, and more - while empowering researchers, developers, and engineers to tackle their most complex projects from anywhere.
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Apple apps are optimised for the new MacBook Pro, and many existing apps work with Touch right away, because macOS automatically translates touches into clicks. Updated system gesture APIs also enable developers to create intuitive experiences designed specifically for Touch. And a wide range of third-party apps that pros rely on every day will also take advantage of Touch on the new MacBook Pro, bringing new ways to interact with their favorite tools and workflows. These include everyday productivity and collaboration apps like Notion, Canva, Zoom, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; powerful creative tools for photo and video editing like Adobe Lightroom and DaVinci Resolve; 3D modelling and animation apps like Blender, Maxon Cinema 4D, Maxon ZBrush, and Shapr3D; along with music apps like Algoriddim djay Pro.4

Say Hello to the Dynamic Island on Mac

The Dynamic Island comes to the Mac, serving as the new home for Spotlight, Live Activities, and Siri AI, where users can quickly search for anything on their MacBook Pro, access real-time updates, or take advantage of Siri AI.1 Just like on iPhone, the Dynamic Island provides a quick, intuitive way to see and interact with important information. Users can ask a question, pick up a phone call, or control music - all within easy reach. With Live Activities, users can now get timely updates at a glance, and can accept an AirDrop request or pause a song with a tap of their finger.
The Dynamic Island is the new home for Spotlight, Live Activities, and Siri AI, bringing a quick way to see and interact with important information. Users can search their Mac, ask a question, or control their music - all in one easy-to-reach place.
The Dynamic Island is the new home for Spotlight, Live Activities, and Siri AI, bringing a quick way to see and interact with important information. Users can search their Mac, ask a question, or control their music - all in one easy-to-reach place.
The Dynamic Island is the new home for Spotlight, Live Activities, and Siri AI, bringing a quick way to see and interact with important information. Users can search their Mac, ask a question, or control their music - all in one easy-to-reach place.
The Dynamic Island is the new home for Spotlight, Live Activities, and Siri AI, bringing a quick way to see and interact with important information. Users can search their Mac, ask a question, or control their music - all in one easy-to-reach place.
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A Thinner and Much Lighter New Design

The new MacBook Pro is thinner and significantly lighter for even better portability. The 14-inch MacBook Pro now weighs half a pound less at 3 pounds, while the 16-inch MacBook Pro weighs just 4 pounds - 0.7 pounds lighter than before.5 Both models feature a slimmer design enabled by OLED's more efficient display stack, with the 16-inch model nearly a millimetre thinner and the 14-inch model half a millimetre thinner.
Available in 14- and 16-inch models, the new MacBook Pro features a thinner and remarkably lighter design, making it more portable than ever while sustaining incredibly fast performance for the most complex pro workflows.
With slimmer display borders, the 16-inch display grows to 16.3 inches, while the 14-inch display delivers a more portable 14.2-inch design.6 And a completely redesigned thermal architecture enables the same incredible sustained performance of M5 Pro and M5 Max, even in a lighter design, while redirecting warm air away from the display.
The 14-inch MacBook Pro now weighs half a pound less at 3 pounds, while the 16-inch MacBook Pro weighs just 4 pounds - 0.7 pounds lighter than before.

M5 Pro and M5 Max: Game-Changing Pro Performance and On-Device AI

The new MacBook Pro features M5 Pro and M5 Max, Apple's most powerful chips ever built for a pro laptop. Both deliver phenomenal single- and multithreaded CPU performance, along with faster unified memory, giving users blazing speed for the most demanding workflows. M5 Pro offers game-changing performance for scientists, engineers, software developers, and creative pros tackling intensive projects, accelerating everything from compiling code and running AI tasks to sequencing DNA and editing multiple streams of 8K ProRes video. M5 Max is built for users who want to push the limits even further, including 3D VFX artists, AI developers, and film composers. With M5 Max, pros can run LLMs with hundreds of billions of parameters entirely on device and accelerate intense workflows across detailed visual effects, 3D animation projects, film scores, and 8K video post-production.
With M5 Pro and M5 Max, the new MacBook Pro delivers exceptional performance for demanding 3D workflows, empowering artists to model intricate scenes, create stunning animations, and render complex 3D environments in Cinema 4D.
With M5 Pro and M5 Max, the new MacBook Pro powers demanding engineering and scientific workflows in MATLAB, enabling researchers, engineers, and scientists to analyze complex datasets, run advanced simulations, and develop sophisticated models with incredible speed and precision.
With M5 Pro and M5 Max, the new MacBook Pro enables demanding visual effects and compositing workflows in Foundry's Nuke, enabling artists to seamlessly combine complex scenes, create stunning visual effects, and bring cinematic worlds to life.
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A powerful Neural Accelerator built into each GPU core lets users speed through AI workloads like running a coding agent with an on-device LLM. And users are able to power through advanced graphics-intensive tasks like rendering a complex scene in Cinema 4D with Redshift. M5 Pro and M5 Max each feature a GPU with enhanced shader cores and a third-generation ray-tracing engine, delivering more photorealistic lighting and faster renders for 3D modelling. Dynamic Caching optimises on-chip memory to significantly increase GPU utilisation, driving huge performance boosts for apps like Blender and Unreal Engine, along with AAA games.
With the powerful AI capabilities of MacBook Pro, creative technologists, 3D artists, and motion designers can run large language models locally in apps like LM Studio (pictured) and use AI to accelerate creative workflows in apps like TouchDesigner, all with exceptional performance and the privacy of on-device processing.

The Best Audio System in a Laptop

The industry-leading six-speaker audio system in the new MacBook Pro features an all-new woofer design that provides 50 per cent deeper bass and all-new tweeters that shape sound dispersion for remarkable clarity. Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos wraps users in immersive sound for music and movies, and studio-quality mics deliver clean, clear audio for calls, recordings, and voice commands. And for the first time, dedicated audio tuning for closed-lid use delivers exceptional sound quality when MacBook Pro is connected to an external display, so users can enjoy a premium audio experience however they work.
The new MacBook Pro features the best audio system in a laptop, offering six speakers with an all-new woofer design that delivers deeper, richer bass and updated tweeters for remarkable clarity.

Additional New Features for Pro Workflows

The new MacBook Pro packs features for the most demanding users. The PROLED XDR display offers calibration and industry-standard reference modes in a portable form factor, making MacBook Pro an indispensable tool for filmmaking, design, and even medical imaging.7 And macOS makes the most of the graphics, memory, and machine learning capabilities of Apple silicon, so apps perform at incredible speed.
  • The Apple Pro Display Calibrator gives pros the ability to calibrate their display to specific targets. In addition, pros can take advantage of industry-standard reference modes for cinematic standards, photography, print, design, and more. And with new DICOM medical imaging reference modes, the display can be used today to review medical images with outstanding grayscale accuracy and contrast when used for research and educational purposes.
  • Through Apple Colour Matching Function 2026, the PROLED XDR display delivers a seamless, consistent visual experience when paired with iPhone 18 Pro or Studio Display XDR.
  • With support for genlock, MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display synchronises a display's refresh rate with a camera's capture to minimise ghosting, tearing, and other visual artefacts when filming, making it highly valuable for virtual productions and on-set work.8
  • Apple Creator Studio opens up new ways to create on MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, optimising for Touch alongside the precision of the keyboard and trackpad. With Pixelmator Pro, creators can interact with their designs directly on the canvas, making use of the fully interactive display to draw, paint, and select with even more fluidity. In Logic Pro, musicians can play software instruments with a fully Multi-Touch polyphonic keyboard, along with tappable chord and drum pads onscreen. And in Final Cut Pro, editors can use Touch to precisely mark ranges, drop clips directly into place, pinch to zoom in on a cut, and more.
With MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, musicians working in Logic Pro can play software instruments with a fully Multi-Touch polyphonic keyboard.

Advanced Pro Connectivity

The new MacBook Pro includes three Thunderbolt 5 ports, HDMI, an SDXC card slot, MagSafe, and a headphone jack. In addition to the PROLED XDR display, it supports up to three external displays with M5 Pro and up to four with M5 Max. Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 provide fast, reliable wireless connectivity, and Touch ID enables a quick, easy, and secure login experience. With its fast-charge capability, MacBook Pro can charge up to 50 per cent in just 30 minutes.3 In addition, storage is now configurable up to 16TB.
With a wide array of ports, MacBook Pro with M5 Pro supports up to three external displays over a single Thunderbolt 5 port, while M5 Max supports up to four. And the Apple-designed N1 wireless chip brings Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 for seamless connectivity.

macOS 27 Golden Gate

The new MacBook Pro comes to life with macOS 27. In addition to Touch built for macOS 27, MacBook Pro includes Siri AI, a profoundly more capable, conversational, and personal assistant; helpful Apple Intelligence features across apps; and an expansive set of improvements that make the Mac even more responsive and reliable. Siri AI can draw on personal context to help pros find what they need in the moment across messages, emails, photos, and more; answer questions about virtually any topic; and get things done across apps - all with groundbreaking privacy protections. Siri AI is integrated into Spotlight and systemwide context menus, and users can ask Siri about what's on their display with Visual Intelligence by using a dedicated keyboard shortcut to get help with a specific item. Pros can also write and edit with Siri almost anywhere they type.
Additionally, Apple Intelligence makes apps smarter and more useful. In Safari, it powers new tools that automatically organise a user's tabs into topics; notify them of website changes, like product restocks or price drops; and enable the creation of custom extensions based on a description. Pros can also easily create an automation in Shortcuts by simply describing it, or tap into intelligent photo editing tools in the Photos app. Features users already rely on get even better with improvements to performance and search. Refinements to Liquid Glass deliver an even more focused and approachable experience. A new slider in Settings gives users the option to personalise Liquid Glass, adjusting it anywhere from ultraclear to fully tinted to match their preference, and app icons are sharper and more defined.

MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and the Environment

The new MacBook Pro was built with the environment in mind and drives progress toward Apple's ambitious plan to be carbon neutral across its entire footprint by 2030. It is made with 55 per cent recycled content overall,9 including 100 per cent recycled aluminium in the enclosure, 100 per cent recycled cobalt in the battery, and, in a first for Apple, 100 per cent recycled tantalum in multiple capacitors. It is manufactured with 45 per cent renewable electricity, such as wind and solar, across the supply chain. The new MacBook Pro is designed to be durable and repairable, and meets Apple's high standards for energy efficiency and safe chemistry. As with all Apple products, its paper packaging is 100 per cent fibre-based10 and designed to be recycled.
Pricing and Availability
  • Customers can pre-order the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display starting today, 29 October, on apple.com/au/store and in the Apple Store app in 30 countries and regions, including the Australia. It will begin arriving to customers, and in Apple Store locations and Apple Authorised Resellers, starting Friday, 6 November.
  • The 14-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display featuring M5 Pro starts at RRP A$4,599 inc. GST and RRP A$4,359 inc. GST with education savings; and the 16-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display featuring M5 Pro starts at RRP A$5,499 inc. GST and RRP A$5,179 inc. GST with education savings.
  • The 14-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display featuring M5 Max starts at RRP A$6,999 inc. GST and RRP A$6,529 inc. GST with education savings; and the 16-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display featuring M5 Max starts at RRP A$7,699 inc. GST and RRP A$7,219 inc. GST with education savings.
  • Details on Apple accessories - including the 70W Power Adapter for RRP A$89 inc. GST, 96W Power Adapter for RRP A$119 inc. GST, 140W Power Adapter for RRP A$149 inc. GST, and the World Travel Adapter Kit for RRP A$65 inc. GST - are available at apple.com/au/mac.
  • Apple Creator Studio updates will be available on the App Store this November for free for existing subscribers. New subscribers pay RRP A$19.99 inc. GST per month or RRP A$199 inc. GST per year. Education savings are available for university students and educators11 for RPP A$4.99 inc. GST per month or RRP A$49 inc. GST per year. All new subscribers will enjoy a one-month free trial of Apple Creator Studio, and with the purchase of a new Mac or qualifying iPad,12 customers can receive three months of Apple Creator Studio for free.13
  • With Apple Trade In, customers can trade in their current computer and get credit toward a new Mac. Customers can visit apple.com/au/shop/trade-in to see what their device is worth. With year-round education pricing - available to current and newly accepted university students and educators - customers can save on MacBook Pro, along with a wide range of products and services through the Apple Store online and in stores. Visit the Apple Education Store for details.
  • AppleCare delivers exceptional service and support, with flexible options for Apple users. Customers can choose AppleCare+ to cover their new Mac or, in available markets, AppleCare One to protect multiple products in one simple plan. Both plans include coverage for accidental damages, theft and loss protection on eligible products, battery replacement service, and priority support from Apple Experts. For more information, visit apple.com/au/applecare.
  • Every customer who buys directly from Apple gets access to Personal Setup. In these guided one-on-one online sessions, a Specialist can walk them through setup or focus on features that will help them make the most of their new device. Customers can also learn more about getting started and going further with their new device with a Today at Apple session at their nearest Apple Store.
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    29 October 2026

    PRESS RELEASE

    Apple unveils groundbreaking MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch for the first time on Mac

    The world's best pro laptop now features an industry-leading tandem OLED display, an intuitive Touch experience, blazing-fast M5 Pro and M5 Max performance and AI capabilities, and up to 24 hours of battery life, all in a thinner, lighter design

    CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple today introduced the all-new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, featuring breakthrough tandem OLED technology that delivers game-changing front-of-screen performance. Available in 14- and 16-inch models, MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display offers a visual experience unlike any other, transforming pro workflows with up to 2000 nits peak HDR and SDR brightness, an industry-leading 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio for exceptional detail, a 120Hz variable refresh rate, and a wider colour gamut covering both P3 and Adobe RGB for brilliant colours. The new MacBook Pro also introduces intuitive Touch capabilities on the Mac for the first time, opening up a whole new dimension for pros to interact with their content, from manipulating 3D models to playing musical instruments onscreen. The Dynamic Island now comes to Mac, serving as the home for Spotlight,1 Live Activities, and Siri AI.2 And with up to 24 hours of battery life in thinner and much lighter 3- and 4-pound designs, MacBook Pro is more portable than ever, empowering pros to take their work wherever inspiration strikes.3 Featuring M5 Pro and M5 Max, Apple's most powerful chips ever built for a pro laptop, along with up to 128GB of unified memory and now up to 16TB of blazing-fast storage, the new MacBook Pro delivers speed and capability for the most demanding workflows. An enhanced six-speaker sound system now provides 50 per cent deeper bass and remarkable sound clarity for even more immersive audio. And Thunderbolt 5 and a wide array of connectivity, a 12MP Center Stage camera, studio-quality mics, and the power of macOS 27 with Apple Intelligence and Siri AI complete the MacBook Pro experience.2 It is available to pre-order starting today, 29 October, with availability beginning Friday, 6 November.

    "The new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display is a monumental step forward for the Mac," said Johny Srouji, Apple's chief hardware officer. "PROLED XDR is the world's best laptop display. It pairs state-of-the-art tandem OLED technology with advanced algorithms in our display engine to deliver the kind of visual fidelity pros have been dreaming of. And with the magic of Touch coming to MacBook Pro, combined with the game-changing performance of M5 Pro and M5 Max, we've created a whole new way for pros to interact with their content, taking their workflows to a completely new level. The new MacBook Pro is the result of the deep integration between Apple silicon, hardware, and software, and there's simply nothing else like it."

    PROLED XDR: The World's Best Display in a Pro Laptop

    The new MacBook Pro debuts the PROLED XDR display, which uses tandem OLED technology and advances it with breakthrough innovations in every layer, advanced algorithms in the display engine, and a state-of-the-art factory calibration process to deliver Extreme Dynamic Range (XDR) and stunning visual fidelity. With exceptional brightness, striking contrast, and vivid true-to-life colours, PROLED XDR offers the ultimate front-of-screen performance, enabling a new level of visual acuity and precision for content creators, photographers, colourists, and designers who need a reference-caliber display on the go.

    A Tandem OLED Display Unlike Any Other

    PROLED XDR is the world's best laptop display, delivering true-to-life colour and unparalleled brightness and contrast. The PROLED XDR display offers tandem OLED technology unlike any other, with deep innovations in its layers that keep brightness and grayscale uniform across the entire display, while minimising internal reflections common in traditional OLED designs. It's all backed by advanced algorithms in the display engine that precisely control each pixel in real time, plus a meticulous manufacturing process and precise calibration of every panel for consistency from display to display.

    Breathtaking Brightness and Contrast

    PROLED XDR offers up to 2000 nits peak HDR and SDR brightness, allowing specular highlights to shine with stunning intensity. And through optimisations in the tandem OLED panel and custom compensation techniques, combined with precise control of light across the display, the PROLED XDR display achieves an industry-leading 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio, so even the deepest shadows reveal incredible detail, bringing HDR content remarkably close to reality.

    An Advanced Display Engine

    The display engine precisely controls the colour and luminance of every pixel at the sub-millisecond level, compensating for content, pixel use, temperature, and environment all at once to offer exceptional brightness uniformity and grayscale accuracy, even in fast-motion content. It also monitors and adapts each pixel's usage over time to preserve stunning image quality. And ProMotion technology delivers adaptive refresh rates from as low as 10Hz for better power efficiency and up to 120Hz for fluid responsiveness for content in motion.

    The Ultimate Display for Colour-Critical Workflows

    PROLED XDR offers pros a super-wide colour gamut with P3 and now Adobe RGB - critical for workflows in photography and design - along with notably wider coverage in green and cyan ranges. This results in more than 80 per cent Rec. 2020 coverage for HDR video editing and colour grading. Cutting-edge factory calibration ensures luminance, white point, and colour gamut are precisely aligned with standard targets. Both colour spaces are accessible within a single default preset, streamlining pro workflows and making it seamless to switch between them. With the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, pros have a portable reference display on the go.

    Stunning Clarity in Bright Light

    With up to 2000 nits peak SDR brightness, combined with a state-of-the-art antireflective coating, the display is easy to read even in bright lighting conditions. For even greater visibility, the nano-texture option - now precisely etched into the cover glass - further reduces reflections and glare to eliminate distractions while maintaining an excellent viewing experience.

    With breakthrough tandem OLED technology, extreme brightness, and extraordinary contrast, along with a super-wide colour gamut, PROLED XDR is truly the world's best laptop display, giving pros an unparalleled visual experience and setting a whole new bar for the industry.

    Touch Arrives on Mac

    MacBook Pro features Touch for the first time, bringing pros a whole new way to interact with their content. Crafted specifically for the Mac, every touch interaction feels incredibly responsive and refined. Everyday tasks are simple and intuitive, allowing users to scroll through a webpage with a natural swipe; pinch to zoom in on a photo; drag and drop slides from one presentation to another; and double-tap a window to fill the screen, or flick to tile it into place. And the touch sensor is built directly into the display panel - not layered on top of it - reducing latency so users feel like they're touching the content itself.

    Touch also introduces entirely new ways of working for pro users. Graphic designers can now use the entire display as their canvas, no longer constrained by the area of the trackpad when drawing; musicians can play software instruments right onscreen; and app developers can test how Touch performs in their iOS and iPadOS apps directly on the MacBook Pro display. And these new ways to interact with MacBook Pro work in tandem with the keyboard shortcuts and trackpad gestures pros know and love. In addition, a newly designed hinge provides greater stability while using Touch, and advanced video stabilisation automatically smooths the camera feed in real time while using Touch on a video call.

    Apple apps are optimised for the new MacBook Pro, and many existing apps work with Touch right away, because macOS automatically translates touches into clicks. Updated system gesture APIs also enable developers to create intuitive experiences designed specifically for Touch. And a wide range of third-party apps that pros rely on every day will also take advantage of Touch on the new MacBook Pro, bringing new ways to interact with their favorite tools and workflows. These include everyday productivity and collaboration apps like Notion, Canva, Zoom, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook; powerful creative tools for photo and video editing like Adobe Lightroom and DaVinci Resolve; 3D modelling and animation apps like Blender, Maxon Cinema 4D, Maxon ZBrush, and Shapr3D; along with music apps like Algoriddim djay Pro.4

    Say Hello to the Dynamic Island on Mac

    The Dynamic Island comes to the Mac, serving as the new home for Spotlight, Live Activities, and Siri AI, where users can quickly search for anything on their MacBook Pro, access real-time updates, or take advantage of Siri AI.1 Just like on iPhone, the Dynamic Island provides a quick, intuitive way to see and interact with important information. Users can ask a question, pick up a phone call, or control music - all within easy reach. With Live Activities, users can now get timely updates at a glance, and can accept an AirDrop request or pause a song with a tap of their finger.

    A Thinner and Much Lighter New Design

    The new MacBook Pro is thinner and significantly lighter for even better portability. The 14-inch MacBook Pro now weighs half a pound less at 3 pounds, while the 16-inch MacBook Pro weighs just 4 pounds - 0.7 pounds lighter than before.5 Both models feature a slimmer design enabled by OLED's more efficient display stack, with the 16-inch model nearly a millimetre thinner and the 14-inch model half a millimetre thinner.

    With slimmer display borders, the 16-inch display grows to 16.3 inches, while the 14-inch display delivers a more portable 14.2-inch design.6 And a completely redesigned thermal architecture enables the same incredible sustained performance of M5 Pro and M5 Max, even in a lighter design, while redirecting warm air away from the display.

    M5 Pro and M5 Max: Game-Changing Pro Performance and On-Device AI

    The new MacBook Pro features M5 Pro and M5 Max, Apple's most powerful chips ever built for a pro laptop. Both deliver phenomenal single- and multithreaded CPU performance, along with faster unified memory, giving users blazing speed for the most demanding workflows. M5 Pro offers game-changing performance for scientists, engineers, software developers, and creative pros tackling intensive projects, accelerating everything from compiling code and running AI tasks to sequencing DNA and editing multiple streams of 8K ProRes video. M5 Max is built for users who want to push the limits even further, including 3D VFX artists, AI developers, and film composers. With M5 Max, pros can run LLMs with hundreds of billions of parameters entirely on device and accelerate intense workflows across detailed visual effects, 3D animation projects, film scores, and 8K video post-production.

    A powerful Neural Accelerator built into each GPU core lets users speed through AI workloads like running a coding agent with an on-device LLM. And users are able to power through advanced graphics-intensive tasks like rendering a complex scene in Cinema 4D with Redshift. M5 Pro and M5 Max each feature a GPU with enhanced shader cores and a third-generation ray-tracing engine, delivering more photorealistic lighting and faster renders for 3D modelling. Dynamic Caching optimises on-chip memory to significantly increase GPU utilisation, driving huge performance boosts for apps like Blender and Unreal Engine, along with AAA games.

    The Best Audio System in a Laptop

    The industry-leading six-speaker audio system in the new MacBook Pro features an all-new woofer design that provides 50 per cent deeper bass and all-new tweeters that shape sound dispersion for remarkable clarity. Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos wraps users in immersive sound for music and movies, and studio-quality mics deliver clean, clear audio for calls, recordings, and voice commands. And for the first time, dedicated audio tuning for closed-lid use delivers exceptional sound quality when MacBook Pro is connected to an external display, so users can enjoy a premium audio experience however they work.

    Additional New Features for Pro Workflows

    The new MacBook Pro packs features for the most demanding users. The PROLED XDR display offers calibration and industry-standard reference modes in a portable form factor, making MacBook Pro an indispensable tool for filmmaking, design, and even medical imaging.7 And macOS makes the most of the graphics, memory, and machine learning capabilities of Apple silicon, so apps perform at incredible speed.

    • The Apple Pro Display Calibrator gives pros the ability to calibrate their display to specific targets. In addition, pros can take advantage of industry-standard reference modes for cinematic standards, photography, print, design, and more. And with new DICOM medical imaging reference modes, the display can be used today to review medical images with outstanding grayscale accuracy and contrast when used for research and educational purposes.
    • Through Apple Colour Matching Function 2026, the PROLED XDR display delivers a seamless, consistent visual experience when paired with iPhone 18 Pro or Studio Display XDR.
    • With support for genlock, MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display synchronises a display's refresh rate with a camera's capture to minimise ghosting, tearing, and other visual artefacts when filming, making it highly valuable for virtual productions and on-set work.8
    • Apple Creator Studio opens up new ways to create on MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display, optimising for Touch alongside the precision of the keyboard and trackpad. With Pixelmator Pro, creators can interact with their designs directly on the canvas, making use of the fully interactive display to draw, paint, and select with even more fluidity. In Logic Pro, musicians can play software instruments with a fully Multi-Touch polyphonic keyboard, along with tappable chord and drum pads onscreen. And in Final Cut Pro, editors can use Touch to precisely mark ranges, drop clips directly into place, pinch to zoom in on a cut, and more.

    Advanced Pro Connectivity

    The new MacBook Pro includes three Thunderbolt 5 ports, HDMI, an SDXC card slot, MagSafe, and a headphone jack. In addition to the PROLED XDR display, it supports up to three external displays with M5 Pro and up to four with M5 Max. Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 provide fast, reliable wireless connectivity, and Touch ID enables a quick, easy, and secure login experience. With its fast-charge capability, MacBook Pro can charge up to 50 per cent in just 30 minutes.3 In addition, storage is now configurable up to 16TB.

    macOS 27 Golden Gate

    The new MacBook Pro comes to life with macOS 27. In addition to Touch built for macOS 27, MacBook Pro includes Siri AI, a profoundly more capable, conversational, and personal assistant; helpful Apple Intelligence features across apps; and an expansive set of improvements that make the Mac even more responsive and reliable. Siri AI can draw on personal context to help pros find what they need in the moment across messages, emails, photos, and more; answer questions about virtually any topic; and get things done across apps - all with groundbreaking privacy protections. Siri AI is integrated into Spotlight and systemwide context menus, and users can ask Siri about what's on their display with Visual Intelligence by using a dedicated keyboard shortcut to get help with a specific item. Pros can also write and edit with Siri almost anywhere they type.

    Additionally, Apple Intelligence makes apps smarter and more useful. In Safari, it powers new tools that automatically organise a user's tabs into topics; notify them of website changes, like product restocks or price drops; and enable the creation of custom extensions based on a description. Pros can also easily create an automation in Shortcuts by simply describing it, or tap into intelligent photo editing tools in the Photos app. Features users already rely on get even better with improvements to performance and search. Refinements to Liquid Glass deliver an even more focused and approachable experience. A new slider in Settings gives users the option to personalise Liquid Glass, adjusting it anywhere from ultraclear to fully tinted to match their preference, and app icons are sharper and more defined.

    MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and the Environment

    The new MacBook Pro was built with the environment in mind and drives progress toward Apple's ambitious plan to be carbon neutral across its entire footprint by 2030. It is made with 55 per cent recycled content overall,9 including 100 per cent recycled aluminium in the enclosure, 100 per cent recycled cobalt in the battery, and, in a first for Apple, 100 per cent recycled tantalum in multiple capacitors. It is manufactured with 45 per cent renewable electricity, such as wind and solar, across the supply chain. The new MacBook Pro is designed to be durable and repairable, and meets Apple's high standards for energy efficiency and safe chemistry. As with all Apple products, its paper packaging is 100 per cent fibre-based10 and designed to be recycled.

    Pricing and Availability

    • Customers can pre-order the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display starting today, 29 October, on apple.com/au/store and in the Apple Store app in 30 countries and regions, including the Australia. It will begin arriving to customers, and in Apple Store locations and Apple Authorised Resellers, starting Friday, 6 November.
    • The 14-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display featuring M5 Pro starts at RRP A$4,599 inc. GST and RRP A$4,359 inc. GST with education savings; and the 16-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display featuring M5 Pro starts at RRP A$5,499 inc. GST and RRP A$5,179 inc. GST with education savings.
    • The 14-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display featuring M5 Max starts at RRP A$6,999 inc. GST and RRP A$6,529 inc. GST with education savings; and the 16-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display featuring M5 Max starts at RRP A$7,699 inc. GST and RRP A$7,219 inc. GST with education savings.
    • Details on Apple accessories - including the 70W Power Adapter for RRP A$89 inc. GST, 96W Power Adapter for RRP A$119 inc. GST, 140W Power Adapter for RRP A$149 inc. GST, and the World Travel Adapter Kit for RRP A$65 inc. GST - are available at apple.com/au/mac.
    • Apple Creator Studio updates will be available on the App Store this November for free for existing subscribers. New subscribers pay RRP A$19.99 inc. GST per month or RRP A$199 inc. GST per year. Education savings are available for university students and educators11 for RPP A$4.99 inc. GST per month or RRP A$49 inc. GST per year. All new subscribers will enjoy a one-month free trial of Apple Creator Studio, and with the purchase of a new Mac or qualifying iPad,12 customers can receive three months of Apple Creator Studio for free.13
    • With Apple Trade In, customers can trade in their current computer and get credit toward a new Mac. Customers can visit apple.com/au/shop/trade-in to see what their device is worth. With year-round education pricing - available to current and newly accepted university students and educators - customers can save on MacBook Pro, along with a wide range of products and services through the Apple Store online and in stores. Visit the Apple Education Store for details.
    • AppleCare delivers exceptional service and support, with flexible options for Apple users. Customers can choose AppleCare+ to cover their new Mac or, in available markets, AppleCare One to protect multiple products in one simple plan. Both plans include coverage for accidental damages, theft and loss protection on eligible products, battery replacement service, and priority support from Apple Experts. For more information, visit apple.com/au/applecare.
    • Every customer who buys directly from Apple gets access to Personal Setup. In these guided one-on-one online sessions, a Specialist can walk them through setup or focus on features that will help them make the most of their new device. Customers can also learn more about getting started and going further with their new device with a Today at Apple session at their nearest Apple Store.
    About Apple Apple revolutionised personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. Apple's six software platforms - iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS - provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, and Apple TV. Apple's more than 150,000 employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth and to leaving the world better than we found it.
    1. Spotlight only moves to the Dynamic Island if Siri AI is available and enabled.
    2. Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. Some devices may not be available in all regions. Siri AI is available in beta in macOS 27.2 and requires an Apple Intelligence-enabled device set to a supported language. It is available in English, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. Siri AI is currently unavailable in the EU in iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS. Apple is working constructively with the EU in an attempt to find a path forward. Siri AI is not available for users under 13. Certain Apple Intelligence features that rely on server-side models are subject to daily usage limits, including but not limited to Siri AI, intelligent photo editing tools, Image Playground, and AFM 3 Cloud models in Shortcuts. Daily limits may vary by feature, request complexity, system demand, system policies, and other factors. Expanded access to such features will be available for a fee in the future. Use of these features is subject to the Apple Intelligence terms and conditions. Learn more at support.apple.com/en-au/148587.
    3. Testing was conducted by Apple in September 2026. See apple.com/au/macbook-pro for more information. Battery life varies by use and configuration. See apple.com/au/batteries for more information.
    4. Apps listed will be available later this year.
    5. Weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process.
    6. Screen size is 14.2 inches (14-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display) and 16.3 inches (16-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display). Measured diagonally as a standard rectangular shape. Actual viewable area is less due to rounded corners.
    7. The medical imaging presets are intended only for non-diagnostic research and educational purposes.
    8. Enabled by compatible third-party hardware and software.
    9. Product recycled or renewable content is the mass of certified recycled material relative to the overall mass of the device, not including packaging or in-box accessories. Recycled and renewable plastic content calculation includes mass balance allocation.
    10. Breakdown of U.S. retail packaging by weight. Adhesives, inks, and coatings are excluded from Apple's calculations of plastic content and packaging weight.
    11. New subscribers only. Education Savings Plan automatically renews at RRP A$4.99 inc. GST per month or RRP A$49 inc. GST per year based on plan selected until cancelled. Offer good for university students and educators only and does not extend to a Family Sharing group. Verification required. Terms apply. Limited-time offer; offer may end at any time.
    12. A new Mac or iPad purchased from Apple or an Apple Authorised Reseller. iPad must have at least 6GB memory and an A16, A17 Pro, A20 Pro, or M-series chip or later.
    13. New and qualified returning subscribers only. Plan renews at RRP A$19.99 inc. GST per month or RRP A$199 inc. GST per year based on plan selected. Only one offer per Apple Account and only one offer per family if they're part of a Family Sharing group, regardless of the number of devices that they or their family purchase. This offer is not available if the account holder or any member of their Family Sharing group has previously accepted an Apple Creator Studio subscription three months free offer. Offer good for the latter of (i) three months after eligible device activation or (ii) three months after first availability for subscription to Apple Creator Studio. Plan automatically renews until cancelled. Restrictions and other terms apply.

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Apple revolutionised personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Vision Pro. Apple's six software platforms - iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS - provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, and Apple TV. Apple's more than 150,000 employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth and to leaving the world better than we found it.

  1. Spotlight only moves to the Dynamic Island if Siri AI is available and enabled.
  2. Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, or Vietnamese. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. Some devices may not be available in all regions. Siri AI is available in beta in macOS 27.2 and requires an Apple Intelligence-enabled device set to a supported language. It is available in English, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. Siri AI is currently unavailable in the EU in iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS. Apple is working constructively with the EU in an attempt to find a path forward. Siri AI is not available for users under 13. Certain Apple Intelligence features that rely on server-side models are subject to daily usage limits, including but not limited to Siri AI, intelligent photo editing tools, Image Playground, and AFM 3 Cloud models in Shortcuts. Daily limits may vary by feature, request complexity, system demand, system policies, and other factors. Expanded access to such features will be available for a fee in the future. Use of these features is subject to the Apple Intelligence terms and conditions. Learn more at support.apple.com/en-au/148587.
  3. Testing was conducted by Apple in September 2026. See apple.com/au/macbook-pro for more information. Battery life varies by use and configuration. See apple.com/au/batteries for more information.
  4. Apps listed will be available later this year.
  5. Weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process.
  6. Screen size is 14.2 inches (14-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display) and 16.3 inches (16-inch MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display). Measured diagonally as a standard rectangular shape. Actual viewable area is less due to rounded corners.
  7. The medical imaging presets are intended only for non-diagnostic research and educational purposes.
  8. Enabled by compatible third-party hardware and software.
  9. Product recycled or renewable content is the mass of certified recycled material relative to the overall mass of the device, not including packaging or in-box accessories. Recycled and renewable plastic content calculation includes mass balance allocation.
  10. Breakdown of U.S. retail packaging by weight. Adhesives, inks, and coatings are excluded from Apple's calculations of plastic content and packaging weight.
  11. New subscribers only. Education Savings Plan automatically renews at RRP A$4.99 inc. GST per month or RRP A$49 inc. GST per year based on plan selected until cancelled. Offer good for university students and educators only and does not extend to a Family Sharing group. Verification required. Terms apply. Limited-time offer; offer may end at any time.
  12. A new Mac or iPad purchased from Apple or an Apple Authorised Reseller. iPad must have at least 6GB memory and an A16, A17 Pro, A20 Pro, or M-series chip or later.
  13. New and qualified returning subscribers only. Plan renews at RRP A$19.99 inc. GST per month or RRP A$199 inc. GST per year based on plan selected. Only one offer per Apple Account and only one offer per family if they're part of a Family Sharing group, regardless of the number of devices that they or their family purchase. This offer is not available if the account holder or any member of their Family Sharing group has previously accepted an Apple Creator Studio subscription three months free offer. Offer good for the latter of (i) three months after eligible device activation or (ii) three months after first availability for subscription to Apple Creator Studio. Plan automatically renews until cancelled. Restrictions and other terms apply.

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