# MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display reviews: scores, price

> The Verge gave Apple's touchscreen MacBook Pro a 9 and Engadget an 8.8. Prices from $2,899, what is better, and which size to buy, as of Nov. 6.

By Subhajit | 2026-11-06 | Reviews | Savvy VibeZ
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## Key takeaways

- The Verge scored the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display 9 out of 10 and Engadget 8.8; those scores are theirs, not ours.
- The 14-inch starts at $2,899 and the 16-inch at $3,399; it goes on sale Friday, Nov. 6.
- Engadget says the 16-inch is the better value at $400 over standard; the 14-inch costs $900 more.
- Reviewers call the OLED screen and lighter body the draw; touch works like a mouse click, with no Apple Pencil.

Reviews of Apple's MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display landed on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, a day before it goes on sale Friday, Nov. 6. The short version from the outlets we read: the new OLED screen and lighter body are the reason to care, and the touchscreen is a minor extra. The scores below belong to The Verge and Engadget, not to us, and we have not tested the laptop ourselves. Prices are as of Nov. 6.

## What did reviewers score the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display?

The Verge gave it a 9 out of 10 and called it "a winner." Engadget gave it 8.8 out of 10. David Pierce of The Verge wrote that he kept forgetting the laptop has a touchscreen, and Engadget's Devindra Hardawar opened with the line that "the least interesting thing about Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro is the touchscreen."

Both outlets list price as the main drawback. Engadget's cons are "so damn expensive" and "touchscreen doesn't add much." The Verge's cons are the big bump in Pro price and speakers it doesn't love.

## How much does the touchscreen MacBook Pro cost?

The 14-inch model starts at $2,899 and the 16-inch at $3,399, according to both reviews. Engadget says that is $900 more than the standard 14-inch MacBook Pro and $400 more than the standard 16-inch. Pierce's 14-inch review unit, with an M5 Pro chip, 48GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, cost $3,699. A maxed-out configuration with an M5 Max chip, 128GB of RAM and 16TB of storage reaches $14,549, he reports.

Engadget also puts the price in context: earlier this year the standard 14-inch started at $1,699, and a June increase moved it to $1,999. Apple's own announcement says orders opened Oct. 28 and units start arriving Friday, Nov. 6.

## What is actually better, and what is not?

- **The screen:** Apple lists up to 2,000 nits of peak brightness and a 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio. Engadget says it was hard to tell apart from the older Mini LED screens in normal use, but dark movie scenes with bright bursts looked more realistic.
- **The weight:** per Engadget, the 14-inch drops from 3.7 pounds to 3, and the 16-inch from 4.7 pounds to 4.
- **Performance:** the same M5 Pro and M5 Max chips as the standard models, so do not expect a speed jump. Engadget's 14-inch unit scored 4,217 in single-core Geekbench 6.
- **Battery:** Engadget measured about 12.5 hours on the 14-inch in its workflow, and 10 hours 15 minutes on the 16-inch in a coding benchmark script.
- **Touch:** it works like a mouse click, there is no Apple Pencil support, and some games did not respond perfectly, per Engadget.

## Should you buy the 14-inch or 16-inch, or wait?

Engadget's advice is specific: the 16-inch looks like the better value at only $400 over the standard model, and spending $900 more on the 14-inch just for the touchscreen "doesn't make much sense" unless you want the lightest MacBook Pro possible. The Verge reviewed the standard M6 MacBook Pro as well, at $1,999 to start, and says it is still great but likely the last one before the redesign reaches the entry model. That is a hint, not a promise, that waiting could pay off.

## Our take

This is opinion, based only on reading the reviews. The consistent message is that you are buying a display and a slimmer body, and touch is the free extra. That makes this a laptop for people who work with video, photos or HDR, or who carry it everywhere. For everyone else, the standard model at a lower price covers nearly everything, and we would not rush on launch day.

## Related reading

- [Apple's touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro starts at $2,899](/post/apple-s-touchscreen-oled-macbook-pro-starts-at-2-899)
- [Apple M6 MacBook Pro and iMac ship Nov. 6, from $1,499](/post/apple-m6-macbook-pro-and-imac-ship-nov-6-from-1-499)
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