Look at the size of that notch. It’s massive.
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I don't agree. Touch ID is so much easier to use. You touch the fingerprint reader and you're in.
That’s one ugly looking Mac.
thats what this is...have you used the one on the 2019 16"...literally the same keyboard if not better then the pre butterfly.
Yes, yes it was. Have you actually seen the quality of the webcam on this XPS? See it, you will be pro-notch in less than 1 second. It makes the iPod Nano camera look like a DSLR.
Right. I like Touch ID better. Just curious if it’s hardware vs. software, since people are speculating the notch hints at Face ID coming to the MBPs. Thanks.
Dongle hell? Unless you are specifically using SD-Cards and HDMI constantly this doesn’t change things much.
Even then, if two adapters is “hell” then you’ve got some serious first world problems.
Perhaps FaceID will come to the Macs eventually, but I hope they retain TouchID also. I normally keep the camera covered up on my computers, so I have to uncover it whenever I want to use it. Also, I can operate the MacBook with the lid closed and an external monitor and still use TouchID via the Apple TouchID keyboard; if only FaceID is supported that would require that I open the MacBook up to use FaceID.
I just don’t like that all black keyboard. It really bothers me. More than I ever thought it would. The notch I guess I could live with. But that keyboard? No. Dealbreaker.
Yes, that is for the next design iteration. Don't think we'd give you everything in one go now would you?
It really is baffling, why they would make their unibody macbook look like it has a drop-in plastic keyboard like those super cheap laptops. Where the entire keyboard is one part you can take off.
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So when they get another class action lawsuit against them for a crappy keyboard, its easy to fix.
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"Dongle hell" is more of a complaint.
Its not the constantly using those ports, its the ability to use them when needed and not rely on dongles to be able to do so.
If you forget your dongles or don't have extras to bring around "just in case" then you're screwed.
But on another note, AT LEAST 1 USB-A port geez Apple! still need a dongle/adapter for those!
Macs have always distingushed themselves from PC's by having a taller aspect ratio (16:10 instead of 16:9), giving better usability for productivity work. As illustrated by the pic in the original post, the notch pushes that further, leaving a full 16:10 below the top menu bar.
Effectively, the aspect ratio has changed from 16:10 (exactly) in the older machines, to 16:10.34 in the 16", and 16:10.39 in the 14".
Effectively, the aspect ratio has changed from 16:10 (exactly) in the older machines, to 16:10.34 in the 16", and 16:10.39 in the 14".
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The HDMI dongle by itself is hell because it's always unreliable, and you tend to need it more on the go. The rest are fine.
Yeah, I'm being elitist, but 16:9 screams "pleb" to me more than anything else.
It's ugly, but if it's a dealbreaker by itself, I'm gonna assume you don't really need the new laptop.
USB-A isn't a Pro Port. Any Pro dropping the several thousand dollars on a MacBook Pro in 2021 will have already replaced whatever USB-A accessory or cable they had with a faster USB-C/Thunderbolt one.
Judging from the overwhelming majority of posts in this thread, it seems that most contributors are simply going to buy an MacBook Pro then sit there staring at it - waiting to find fault.
Hardly a single post on what these new computers can actually do. And surely that’s the most important thing. Never before in a Mac laptop will I have been able to do the amount of work I can with these, in the same amount of time.
So there may be a couple of teething problems (or not) and they may not be exactly to your tastes. Who cares? They’re a tool to get a job done. Unless, of course, you’re buying one as a status symbol.
Hardly a single post on what these new computers can actually do. And surely that’s the most important thing. Never before in a Mac laptop will I have been able to do the amount of work I can with these, in the same amount of time.
So there may be a couple of teething problems (or not) and they may not be exactly to your tastes. Who cares? They’re a tool to get a job done. Unless, of course, you’re buying one as a status symbol.
After the butterfly debacle I think we’d all be better off if they never change the keyboard again. Ever.
Agreed. As others have said, it makes it look like a generic Windows laptop. Seeing the aluminum background under the keys is, IMO, much nicer. But I expect I'd get used to it.
Would love to know what was behind the discussions that led to the black background choice.
