MacBook Pro Display With Notch Shown in Alleged Photo Leak

[jon9091]

Wait! Why not move the notch where MacBook Pro label is? So bottom of the bezels? Would that not work?

I thought they got rid of the MacBook Pro label? At least that was in an earlier report.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

If there is indeed a notch, I wonder how will macOS handle the cursor over the notch area.

I assume it wouldn't be part of the "safe area" and wouldn't go there.

 

[jon9091]

Instead of reading all these comments and wasting time jumping into assumptions, just wait 2 days and you’ll get your facts.

What fun is that? 🤔

 

[Iconoclysm]

Apple stop spreading false/sketchy rumors around. Are you doing this so people can talk about the upcoming Mac and the new event or what? Apple’s marketing team is working hard this weekend. Getting that free publicity, advertisement and attention. ​

So the notch is present and Face ID isn’t? What’s the point of having a notch???

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https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/q8gxit

If that's what Apple were doing (which is unlikely), why are you telling them to stop? If they're getting publicity and doing it purposefully, that would be successful marketing. And what would be wrong with that?

 

[JPack]

They must have been using a Samsung mobile. In this day and age we still get blurry photos...

If it’s sharp like a Prosser rendering then you know for sure it’s fake.

The real answer is WeChat compresses images heavily when copying and sharing images.

 

[Mayo86]

That would be a horrible UI tbh. Most people hover to the screen boundary to access menu items.

True. But aside from this, I don’t know how this wouldn’t turn into a fuster cluck. Expandable menus are another option. This is what I mean, forgive the quick Notes drawing with nothing drawn to scale, but without re-crafting the Menu Bar to accommodate a theoretical notch this won’t work as per people’s screenshots of their desktops.

Actually.. I just thought of something as I scrolled up and down on a web page on the iPad in Safari. This concept.. but with the top minimizing when your mouse is not on it or near it. If you tap/click on the Safari menu bar on an iPad or iPhone, it expands to show more options. What if it collapses back to notched first line when you aren’t using it, and when you hover the mouse near it, it expands to the second line? Since there is an option in macOS Monterey to keep the Menu Bar always present (or expanded in this case), why not?

 

[boak]

I assume it wouldn't be part of the "safe area" and wouldn't go there.

Wouldn’t it be awkward to have to navigate around the notch? Haha

 

[saudor]

We got epic cameras and but as soon as it is used to take pics of leaks, it suddenly goes back to 320x162 resolution

 

[stuffx]

Too much anger over something that is yet to confirm huh. Just chill out.

 

[Falhófnir]

I welcome it because if it's necessary it probably means something close to an XPS design with tiny bezels (smaller laptop, larger screen). You will still have your full 14 or 16 inch 16:10 display, there will be extra screen around the notch that would otherwise have been blank bezel anyway.

 

[Alan Turing]

Apple is not behind the curve. The benchmarks you used have compromises in other aspects. Not a fair comparison at all.

Not that I am concerned with. So yes, this is a fair comparison. Apple is behind the curve. The iPad Mini 6's "all screen" design has an 80% screen to body ratio. That is pathetic.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Wouldn’t it be awkward to have to navigate around the notch? Haha

Yeah I am now trying to imagine it

 

[azentropy]

It would be hard to defend Apple if they did something so foolish.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Just chill out.

But what are we supposed to do all weekend then?!

 

[one more]

A notch on a MacBook will be strange, IMO, as we do not have it on iPads. 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[the future]

If you believe this rumor, the same person claims it's just a low-resolution 2MP camera. That's it. We're adding a notch...for a 2MP camera with no Face ID capabilities.

That one part of a sketchy rumour may be true doesn‘t mean that all other parts must be true as well. I trust Apple to make rational decisions (most of the time).

 

[jon9091]

Apple is body shaming their computers. I really don’t mind a little extra bezel here and there. 😉

 

[friedmud]

Meh - it will just take up some of the unused space in the middle of the menubar and give us more usable space for apps. Will be nice to get rid of the bezel 👍

 

[ProfessionalFan]

I trust Apple to make rational decisions (most of the time).

*looks at Magic Mouse's charging port*

Oh you said most of the time. Carry on.

 

[unQuestionable]

Honestly just seems to show the camera module behind the front panel(screen/bezel). Definitely not a notch. This, I would believe, is clearly untrue.

 

[JPack]

We got epic cameras and but as soon as it is used to take pics of leaks, it suddenly goes back to 320x162 resolution

Smartphones and cameras aren’t allowed in design areas and factories.

When someone sneaks in a smartphone, they won’t try to sneak in an iPhone 13 Pro Max with a battery pack and studio lighting equipment to take the best photo.

 

[ProfessionalFan]

We got epic cameras and but as soon as it is used to take pics of leaks, it suddenly goes back to 320x162 resolution

Same thing as UFO sightings

 

[DHagan4755]

If this is a new design direction why wasn't it included in the new design iMac?

Also the venerable & well trusted Steve Troughton-Smith tweeted:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1449401936571158534

 

[ProfessionalFan]

Smartphones and cameras aren’t allowed in design areas and factories.

When someone sneaks in a smartphone, they won’t try to sneak in an iPhone 13 Pro Max with a battery pack and studio lighting equipment to take the best photo.

But it kinda hilarious to imagine them doing that, isn't it

 

[Flabasha]

i want the display to be the notch. give me more notch less display.

“It’s Notch Your Father’s MacBook!”