Apple's M6 MacBook Pro is on sale in India, and the touchscreen OLED MacBook Pro lands 9 November
The 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6 is in Indian stores from Rs 2,39,900, while Apple's first touchscreen MacBook Pro, with a tandem OLED display, arrives on 9 November from Rs 3,49,900.
Apple's new 14-inch MacBook Pro with the M6 chip is now in Indian stores, priced from Rs 2,39,900. It went on sale on Friday, 6 November at Apple Store locations and Apple Authorised Resellers, after pre-orders opened in late October. And it has a very loud neighbour arriving on Monday, 9 November: the first MacBook Pro with a touchscreen and a tandem OLED panel, from Rs 3,49,900.
So if you were planning a Diwali laptop upgrade, you now have two very different Apple machines to choose between, and roughly a lakh of rupees separating them.
The M6 MacBook Pro: what you get
The new base MacBook Pro comes only in the 14-inch size. Inside is Apple's M6 chip with a 12-core CPU, a 12-core GPU with a Neural Accelerator in every core, and a dual 16-core Neural Engine. Memory starts at 16GB and can be configured up to 32GB. Apple claims up to 30 per cent faster graphics than the M5 model, and up to 25 per cent faster on-device AI work.
The screen is the familiar Liquid Retina XDR display, with up to 1,600 nits of peak HDR brightness. Battery life is rated at up to 24 hours, which Apple calls the longest ever in a Mac. Ports are generous: three Thunderbolt 4 ports, HDMI, an SDXC card slot, MagSafe 3 and a headphone jack. Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6 and a 12MP Center Stage camera round it off. Colours are space black and silver.
The touchscreen MacBook Pro, landing 9 November
Then there is the headline act. The MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display uses a tandem OLED panel, with two layers of self-lit pixels, up to 2,000 nits of peak brightness and a 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio. For the first time on a Mac, the screen responds to touch, with the touch sensor built directly into the display panel. A redesigned hinge keeps the lid steady when you prod it.
The notch has made way for the Dynamic Island, borrowed from the iPhone, which now hosts Spotlight, Live Activities and Siri AI. This one comes in 14-inch and 16-inch sizes with M5 Pro or M5 Max chips, three Thunderbolt 5 ports, HDMI, an SDXC slot, MagSafe and Apple's own N1 wireless chip for Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6. Battery life is again rated at up to 24 hours.
India prices and where to buy
- 14-inch MacBook Pro with M6: from Rs 2,39,900 (Rs 2,27,900 with education savings); on sale from 6 November
- 14-inch MacBook Pro PROLED, M5 Pro: from Rs 3,49,900
- 16-inch MacBook Pro PROLED, M5 Pro: from Rs 4,09,900
- 14-inch MacBook Pro PROLED, M5 Max: from Rs 5,49,900
- 16-inch MacBook Pro PROLED, M5 Max: from Rs 5,89,900
The PROLED models begin arriving at Apple Store locations and Apple Authorised Resellers from 9 November. All prices are Apple's starting prices in India; both laptops can also be bought from Apple's online store, where trade-in and year-round education pricing apply.
The FHM take
Here is our honest read. For most men who live in spreadsheets, browsers, code editors and the odd 4K edit, the M6 model is the smart buy. It has the newer chip, a full day and then some of battery, all the ports you actually use, and it costs over a lakh less than the cheapest touchscreen model.
The PROLED MacBook Pro is the one that will get the second glance in the cafe, and the OLED screen plus touch is a genuinely big moment for the Mac. But at Rs 3,49,900 and up, it is built for colourists, designers and people who bill for their pixels. If that is you, wait the extra weekend. If not, walk into the store, pick the M6 in space black, and spend the change on a very good Diwali.
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