Apple's New Macs: Which One to Buy, Which to Skip
Apple's New Macs Are Here: Which One to Buy, Which to Skip By Sidra Salman · October 29, 2026 Yesterday's event is over, the rumors are done, and the prices are real. Apple has now confirmed what our preview of the touchscreen MacBook Pro could only report as expectation: the first Mac you can touch, a cheaper and faster base MacBook Pro, a refreshed iMac, and a new iPad mini. Pre-orders opened October 28, and all of them reach stores Friday, November 6. That leaves a harder question than "what did Apple announce?" It is "which one, if any, should you buy?" Because Apple has now made it genuinely easy to spend $3,000 on the wrong Mac. The three new Macs look similar in photos, share a name, and differ in ways that matter a lot once you pay. Here is the whole lineup, separated properly, with a straight answer for each kind of buyer. What Apple actually announced First, a warning that will save you money: there are two different new MacBook Pros, and m...