LOL, I can see that! I am certainly in the "deal with whatever" camp because I dont give a flying @#$#$ about a notch when I am going to get HOURS back in my mobile workday. I won't be bound to a desk. My life will literally be dramatically changing. Notch-smotch
What is that app? I’ve been trying all the apps that I use to find an example with lots of menus and some that would cross over the middle but don’t seem to have any.
No, they certainly have considered how this works in various scenarios. That is why “go through” is the cleanest solution. Just act like the bezel is applied on top of the screen. If you forced it to do “collision” then the user would need to watch our for and navigate around it as you went from menu to menu and bar icon to icon. It would also get in the way if you have another monitor above the MBP screen. That would be clunky.
100% this. It’s my main gripe with the notch. I will have to compromise!
Exactly. The point about the notch is that it isn't really an intrusion into the screen real estate. Rather, the menu bar is essentially above the normal screen, and the notch is in the middle of that space. It makes a ton of sense to me, now that I get the idea. Basically, Apple was saying; "the middle of the menu bar is totally unused space, so why not extend the screen vertically into the space of what would normally be the bezel, and just cut out space for the camera, like on the iPhones.MacBook Pro 2019 16”
- 226 PPI
- 16‑inch (diagonal) LED‑backlit display with IPS technology; 3072‑by‑1920 native resolution at 226 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) - Technical Specifications - Apple Support
support.apple.com
MacBook Pro 2021 16”
- 254 PPI
- 16.2-inch (diagonal) Liquid Retina XDR display;10 3456-by-2234 native resolution at 254 pixels per inch
MacBook Pro - Tech Specs
See all the technical specifications for the 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max chips.www.apple.com
It looks like they just added the notch.
You’re not. I have never understood the outcry about the notch. It’s as if you lose features because of it. And after 4 years of the notch, if you’re still complaining, buy an Android, or now, a PC.
Will it not work just like the iPhone? The notch is gone in screen shots which look just like the non-FaceID iPhones.
So you’re not going to buy the new laptop because of the notch? 🤔 I reserve judgement of the design, it does look 2007ish but of course sleeker. But everything else about the computer is a home run. It is the proper replacement many were asking for.
Here’s a better idea…
The new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros both feature a notch, a first for the Mac. Given we've never had a notch on a Mac, there are some questions over how macOS handles the notch, and more specifically, how the mouse pointer does.
The predicament about how the mouse pointer handles the notch has been a question floated across Twitter and Reddit over the last 24 hours or so since the new MacBook Pro's announcement. An animation posted on Reddit portrayed two main possibilities, one in which the mouse pointer travels behind the notch, being invisible to the user. The other option showcased the mouse pointer traveling around the notch.
The new MacBook Pros will begin arriving next week, but thankfully, we don't have to wait that long to get an answer. Linda Dong, an Apple designer, has confirmed on Twitter that the macOS pointer travels behind the notch, allowing users to essentially hide the mouse pointer from view.
This behavior will come in handy, fundamentally making the notch a hiding place for the mouse pointer. This may come in good use, for example, when users want to more easily hide the mouse pointer while they watch a video.
Apple is taking steps to make the notch less of an annoyance for most customers in day-to-day use. When macOS apps are in full-screen mode, Apple adds an artificial black bar to the top of the display that hides the notch. Developers can, however, opt to allow their apps to make full use of the entire screen real estate, notch included. Learn more about the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros in our comprehensive roundup.
Article Link: How the Mouse Pointer Deals with the Notch on the MacBook Pro
Since the OS that draws the menu bar doesn’t know anything about it, I’m sure that it is annoying. In the case of these MBPs, that is taken into account. The notch doesn’t really impact anything except a part of the menu bar and the OS knows not to draw something there.
Yes, automatic teleporting like that would be much less intuitive, though it could be a little game that you and the mouse play with the notch. 😊
I might wait until another refresh, I'm getting a work laptop and building a new Hackintosh desktop. Might not need to get it yet... but, yeah... outside of the notch and design, it's an incredible system. Still tempted. Will need to see benchmarks and reviews on the M1 Pro / Max and see what my job is giving me to work on as well.
If you could see my face you’d know that a giant arrow is infinitely preferable.
This is awesome - someone should hire you for their marketing team straight away.
Not really.
