So, Apple’s got new MacBook Pro devices to show us. They’re very powerful; they have touchscreen OLED displays for the first time, and they’re the MacBooks you’ll lust over from now on (until the new ones come along).
That’s all fine and dandy, but the coolest thing about these new Macs isn’t even listed in the tech specs. The two colors on offer, Space Black and Silver, are standard fare for Apple, and even the M5 Pro and M5 Max chips have been seen before. But these new MacBooks are distinctive in a different way: They have a glowing Apple logo on the back.
Credit: Apple/YouTube
You may remember the glowing logo. It was introduced in ancient times, in 1999, on the third-gen PowerBook G3, and it lasted until the 2015 MacBook Pro. It was a very cool detail that most other laptops didn’t have (well, until everyone started copying Apple), but by the end, it did look a little stale. The glowing logo was replaced by a simple, shiny Apple logo, and that was that…
…until now. The 2026 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro devices with PROLED display have a glowing Apple logo on the back once again.
Be careful, though: The glowing logo isn’t advertised anywhere, and it’s not even prominently visible in Apple’s marketing materials (except for the video below). It’s not available on all of the new MacBook Pro devices; only the ones with the PROLED display and either an M5 Pro or an M5 Max chip.
And yes, those do not come cheap. The 14-inch model starts at $2,899, while the 16-inch model starts at $3,399. Does the glowing logo justify the price? Don’t ask us; we’re nerds, and we like shiny stuff.
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