Presumably with ultra minimal bezels there would also be rounded display corners (at least at the top) so this taller bar would allow those to not clip into any application, which could be on a perfectly rectangular section of screen below. That could explain making this bar taller than the current menu bar.
The menu bar is usually a dark or light tint of the wallpaper, but it is rarely black.
Yes, currently in the Monterey preview and all of the Monterey betas.
I mean honestly that display looks pretty great to me, no wasted space, minimal incursion for the camera (and on future iterations I guess TouchID array) you get a perfectly rectangular 16:10 area as now and more space above it for a menu bar and to disguise the rounded corners and notch.
Shhhh, don't tell people why a completely black menu bar would be a very bad idea. Let a media/design student in the first semester do that.
Good point, but that rounded corner idea doesn't explain why the horizontal resolution isn't also increased. Or I guess it could if you are saying there is a rim of safe area around the entirety of the screen, but that'd look even more odd.
I have said numerous times in this thread that I don't believe this leak and I don't think a notch is coming. I am playing devil's advocate.Shhhh, don't tell people why a completely black menu bar would be a very bad idea. Let a media/design student in the first semester do that.
Well, you can’t currently run Monterey on a computer with a notch, now can you?
Not a fan, Don't need a better camera, how many people spend 12 hours on their Mac using the the webcam. that notch is going to stand out big times on macOS, you'll be seeing it every time you access the menu bar and safari address bar.
I think just the top corners might be rounded like on the image LFC2020 posted above, so you'd be able to have a perfect rectangular 16:10 area at the bottom of the screen, with the 74 pixel tall area above that affected by the rounded corners and notch, so basically like having your current display, but adding two chunks of extra screen above it.
Dang! That does look ugly. What’s up with that stupid notch 😂
Notch for better, stupid cameras that most people won't use, I'm 100% out, give us Face ID, then it'll be worth it.
Menu bar is always black on monterey when in fullscreen, they could also make it always black when out of fullscreen for these new models.Shhhh, don't tell people why a completely black menu bar would be a very bad idea. Let a media/design student in the first semester do that.
Maybe the notch is there to spy on people. Maybe it has to do with CSAM… maybe Apple wants to find out what people are doing?
I mean personally if they wanted to rip the FaceTime camera out altogether and sell it as an accessory like they used to I'd be down with that, I rarely use it on my Mac... unfortunately a lot of people, particularly recently, probably wouldn't agree though! 😂
Yuck! It does look ugly. But I’m not going to trip. We don’t have a choice. Apple will do whatever they want to do. We really don’t have choice as a consumer. It’s sad but true.
