This. I cannot express how bad thin bezels are in a laptop, because the bigger the laptop, the better, for getting focused and avoid distractions from the background.
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MacBook Air Coming in 2022 Also Rumored to Feature Notch Design
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Here was me fully expecting white bezels on the air… maybe not?? White bezels must be exclusive to the iMac.
Or these rumours are all BS.
Or these rumours are all BS.
I don't even think this is an attempt to catch a leaker, just pure nonsense. Nobody's going to tolerate a notch in the menu bar. Apple knows it, and I think any potential leaker knows it.
I'm hearing rumors the 2025 MBP's and MBA's won't have a notch at all.
Notchurally
I'll see myself out.
I'll see myself out.
It makes absolutely zero sense. There's more than enough room across the top of the display to put in a FaceID sensor and webcam without resorting to a terrible hack like this.
So people who are getting mad about the notch rather have a 1cm high border at the top? I mean a "forehead" is basically a notch that's stretching across the whole width of the screen. Definitely a bigger waste of space.
It's not hard to comprehend, it's just garbage logic. That's like saying a donut doesn't have a hole, it's just got dough everwhere except the middle.
Perhaps, but a top bezel has fewer usability issues than the notch.
Why not?
We will see. If the screen is larger than current m1 macs than you would be wrong.
That’s a pessimistic perspective. It’s more like a you got an original Dunkin’ Donut with the handle.It's not hard to comprehend, it's just garbage logic. That's like saying a donut doesn't have a hole, it's just got dough everwhere except the middle.
That screen without a notch would still be larger. Apple isn’t adding anything, they are removing some of the screen.
What? Two rectangles of the same size one has two tabs added and one has a notch removed. That's exactly what the tabs are doing. They changed the aspect ratio and added pixels.
Both screens have the same width, height, aspect ratio, and resolution. If the notch is 400px x 74px then the notch screen has 29,600 fewer pixels than the regular screen.
A different way of visualizing this is to take two sheets of 8 1/2” x 11” paper and cut a notch out of one of them. Nothing is added to the notch paper, but something has been removed.
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Notchocalypse Now!
It's a little confusing to see this in a Mac, though. But let's see what actually shows up tomorrow.
It's a little confusing to see this in a Mac, though. But let's see what actually shows up tomorrow.
Either one of the most stupid rumors or one of the most stupid hardware features. We will soon know which.
I agree 100%. I find my (work) M1 Air harder to open than my (personal) 2015 MacBook Pro.
Part of that might just be weight distribution. But, whatever the reason, I can open my MBP one-handed; while my Air requires two hands (and that little inset below the trackpad doesn't offer much purchase for my large fingers).