Apple’s best MacBook Pro decision this week had nothing to do with touch

What the coverage shows

All five outlets center on Apple’s new MacBook Pro and its touchscreen debut, with CNBC and the New York Times explicitly framing it as a reversal of Apple’s long-held stance. Tom’s Hardware is the only one in the set to foreground pricing and hardware tweaks, while Ars Technica focuses on hands-on impressions and says it is not as different as expected. 9to5Mac mostly expands the event into follow-up coverage, including promo video, comparisons, developer materials, and commentary.

Written by Crossfiled from the 6 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.