Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro pushes laptop pricing to a new extreme

Apple's new touchscreen MacBook Pro has a starting price of $2,899 and a top-of-the-line model that costs around $14,549. The fully loaded 14-inch model with the M5 Max chip, 18-core CPU, and 40-core GPU costs $14,249, while the 16-inch version costs $14,549. Upgrades such as a 4TB SSD, 8TB SSD, and 16TB SSD add $1,000, $3,000, and $7,000 respectively. Other upgrades include 128GB of memory for $2,000 and nano-texture glass for $150. The previous 16-inch MacBook Pro topped out at $10,149, making the new model a $4,400 increase.