In Monterey, the menu bar is able to be present even in full screen mode, so even less of an issue
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MacBook Pro Display With Notch Shown in Alleged Photo Leak
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Someone help me understand the anti-notch fury here. Isn't the alternative a physically larger screen with bezels, to avoid a notch? I personally do not even notice it on my phone, doubt I will notice it on my laptop.
The notch doesn't bother me on the phone and here it really wouldn't bother me if I didn't have apps with menu items bars that stretch across the screen. It also depends on how the cursor interacts with the notch.
Nope, dead serious. But then again, I’m not a fanboy of anything and buy hardware in 6 to 7-figure range every year for my research group to get the job done, no matter how. So my use case might be very different from the end user sitting at home browsing the web and playing Minecraft every now and then.
Some people just really dislike the notch but aren't sure why.
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If only hardware were readily available…
Edit: https://www.consumerreports.org/laptop-computers/how-to-buy-a-laptop-during-the-chip-shortage/
I don't mind the notch on the phone which holds non-interactive status info, but I really don't understand how this will work on a Mac with a mouse/touchpad as the input device. All options seem bad to me.
- Will cursor movement instantly snap from one side of the notch to the other, like a multiple monitor setup?
- Will you be unable to move the cursor into the notch area?
- Will your mouse cursor and any rendered contents disappear directly into the notch void? 🤢
- Will the menu bar be rendered 74 pixels lower than the notch area, at which point, what *was* the point?
Biggest limitation with current camera? Being located precisely where your thumb lands when opening the screen.
Lord have mercy! If this is true I'm gonna be stuck with my 16" Macbook Pro forever.
One thought: if they can implement Face ID on an iPad Pro without a notch and with pretty thin bezels, why would they add the notch on the Mac?
Because the iPad Pro is considerably thicker than the screen of a MacBook Pro which likely helps make that possible.
if there is going to be a notch, its probably because the ipad is thicker than the thickness of the macbook pro screen.
I like to think I'm a tech minded person, and I really don't mind the notch on the phone. In fact, it's a nice divider between the different types of information in that top bar/a nice visualization of where to swipe for the different interactions.
As for 120 Hz, I'm pretty sure that most people by far would not notice they suddenly had it without another 60Hz device to compare to.
