So... they’re still selling the old ones, and the same CPU/RAM/SSD combo is $500 more expensive in the touch version than in the old one?

I didn’t upgrade before the price hike, and I probably won’t any time soon. Tech prices have gone up across the board, and the worst part is that the same money now buys you a noticeably worse product than it did a couple of years ago, instead of following the old rule that you’d get more for the same price each generation.