What Is the Touchscreen Mac Release Date?

There could be two touchscreen Mac models: a MacBook Pro laptop and an iMac desktop.

The touchscreen iMac would debut some time after that, but exactly when is still unclear.

Patent drawings of a possible touchscreen desktop Mac

Lifewire’s Release Date Estimate

The earliest we expect to see a touchscreen Mac released is 2025.

Pre-Order Information

Apple will likely open pre-orders once they announce a touchscreen Mac.

Check back here for more information once it’s available.

(It’s not even certain that Apple will ever release a touchscreen model.

Somecompany executives have said the Mac will never have a touch interface.)

Thinking of the iPad when used with akeyboard casegives a pretty good idea.

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Don’t expect the touchscreen Mac to start using theiPadOS.

All rumors suggest that this equipment will run an updated version of macOS that supports touch.

The large screen on a MacBook Pro or iMac seems well-suited to writing and drawing.

Could that be where the folding and pivoting stand mentioned earlier comes into play?

Here are a few articles about touchscreen Macs that you might be interested in: