Apple is rumored to be working on a touchscreen MacBook

“Touch surfaces don’t want to be vertical. It doesn’t work. It’s terrible ergonomically.” Those were the famous words of Steve Jobs at the MacBook Pro launch event in October 2010. A lot has changed since then, but Apple has yet to release a touchscreen laptop. Well, a new report from Bloomberg News suggests Cupertino is considering the idea with sources close to Apple saying the company is currently testing touchscreen MacBooks that could arrive in 2025.

The touchscreen MacBook project is currently in its early stages of development, and Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman expects the OLED MacBook to be one of the first Macs to launch with touchscreen capabilities. The laptop will house the same basic MacBook design, but with added touchscreen capabilities.

Apple has conducted internal experiments with prototype touchscreen laptops in the past. According to a 2016 interview with Craig Federighi, these prototypes were seen as a “compromise” because the touchscreen didn’t make sense in a laptop form factor that already had an accurate multi-touch trackpad and keyboard entries.

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