Apple’s Touchscreen MacBook Nears $15,000

Apple’s new touchscreen MacBook Pro can cost about $14,500 when fully configured. Apple introduced the laptop with a display that users can tap, swipe, scroll and zoom, while keeping the standard keyboard and trackpad. The move breaks from years in which Apple kept touch off MacBooks, even as it made touch central to iPhones and iPads. Apple says sensors built into the display make touch lower-latency and intuitive, and its own apps are optimized. The 16-inch model starts at $3,399, while costly memory and storage upgrades push the top build near that price. The laptops are scheduled to go on sale November 6.