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I'm on the same side as you. The notch is crap the design is also crap still it's a powerful machine and many pros will like it. The menu implementation is ok maybe using Bartender 4 would solve the problem for the icons on the right.
Good, buy the MacBook Air then. Why are you complaining a functional machine have the necessary compromises?
MacBook Air= be as thin as possible
MacBook Pro= be usable
You can do all of those better on a Windows PC machine without limitations. The whole point of even bothering with PCs in 2021 is to be able to do everything that an iPhone or PS5/XsX can't... Mac is the opposite of that.It's designed and optimized for YouTubers, photographers and musicians.
You can't play AAA games because no game studio is releasing all those AAA titles for macOS. Makes sense.
I'm in the same boat, upgrading my old Dual Core I7 8gb RAM 13inch from late 2012, so to me the upgrade is the screen(of course the M1Pro too), but I never got the pleasure or displeasure of the Touch Bar, and have always had the ports.
Of course my "consumer" mind was worried that the base 14 inch 8 core with 16GB wasn't going to be enough for me, I mean I can sometimes have 10 Safari tabs open with email, iMessage and music on at the same time, so I clearly need the 10/32 with 64GB, especially after having my old MBP for almost 10 years, and it still working fine for me, except for a battery that holds 10 minutes of charge now.
So, it took lots of staring at the screen and the compare charts and an itchy index finger to finally hit the buy button for the "base" 14inch, hope I don't have to send it back!!! For lack of computing power, for the intense use I am going to require from it.
I'm going to assume this is a real question and not a joke, I'm too dense to pick up on.
Apple sends these units to tech reviewers usually a week or a month before their public release, and requires them to sign a NDA type document that usually expires a day before the release date, so they can post their reviews to drum up more interest.
I have a miniDisplay Cinema Display too, with a Satechi adapter I'm using for my 2018 MBA. Really really really hope this setup works with my new 16" MBP. I love this monitor.
Mini DisplayPort is dead. It was superseded by USB-C DP Alt Mode. No manufacturer is going to put a Mini DisplayPort on a computer chassis ever again (maybe on a video card). Sorry.
This is the start of how this M-generation of iDevices is going to look. I reckon this is Apples way of simply getting us used to the notch Rather than deal with the backlash next year when they update the rest of the machines. It's over and done by then.
The next gen will probably bring Face ID and all its sensors to the party which WILL require the extra height anyhow.
But yes they could have given you a bigger bezel, and a slightly smaller screen. However, you'll be able to shift the screen down anyhow to create a "software-bezel" and regular aspect ratio screen.
But Alder Lake mobile still consumes significantly more power than the M1 Max with only marginally faster performance CPU performance.
HobeSoundDarryl
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I'm not dreaming of a "smaller screen." I'm pointing out that with only a modestly-thicker top bezel...
...the ENTIRETY of this screen shifted down those few millimeters would have preserved every bit of this "extra" to the left & right of the notch, ADDED the "extra" hidden by the notch, left macOS menus the height they've always been, readily accommodated apps with many menus that will bump into the notch and get handled in some "unique" way to be determined, etc. Net result: all the stunning greatness "as is" MINUS the notch.
Doesn't iPad Pro have FaceID? And doesn't all that extra stuff fit in the iPad Pro bezel? And isn't THAT bezel the same size as the one in iPad Mini 6? If so, then again, I find myself thinking: since Apple could do it... could FIT it... there, why not here too? I look at the bottom of MBpro screens and I see what looks like plenty of space for this downshift of only a few millimeters. It's not a LOT of shift. Look at the left bottom edge of Mini bezel vs. the bottom edge of MBpro bezel in the picture. It seems like that is as little as only a few millimeters.
So why not? That's rhetorical because only Apple knows. I'm simply an Apple consumer dazzled by everything else about these new super-Macs but bugged by this one thing that doesn't seem like it was actually the ONLY way to go. Why do I think that? Because Apple made 1080p FaceTime and Face ID work in thin bezels on iPad Pro and Mini and there is clearly enough room at the bottom for the whole 16:10 + "extra" to shift down a few millimeters and be fully preserved. Bonus for those trying to spin this on the merits of the "extra" is that this would ADD the extra, "extra" obscured by the notch too.
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Overclocking is not what is going on here. Apple has a strong limit on the power consumption. In “power mode” it slightly relaxes that limit.
Basically, Apple is underclocking all MBPs except the 16” Max.
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Wonder if Netflix, HBO Max, Disney+, Hulu etc can stream 4k HDR in these machines with the Safari browser (or any other browser). I understand it's not a 4k display, so should have a scaled display. It should not be 1080p.
You mean the battery life of the M1 Pro 14" MBP is less than the M1 13" MBP.
Yes, of course, the 14" is rocking twice the CPU cores and 4x the GPU cores.
The iPad mini is also thicker than the top case of the new MacBook Pros.
Just like car manufacturers, Apple tends to always give a mid-high to high tier configuration to their reviewers. This should come as a surprise to no one that people waiting for reviews of lower spec models are going to have to wait a bit until other reviewers receive the units they purchased themselves.
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HobeSoundDarryl
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Yes, I know. That's the comeback every time.
iPad has the WHOLE computer inside and the WHOLE battery and a 4K camera on the backside. So yes, they are thicker because ALL of it is in one case... even keyboard
For this to actually be THE reason, iPad thickness needs to be driven by a 1080p module needing that much depth to function. Let's assume it does. Then how is there a 1080p module in this thin lid of these new MBpro screens? It's not like the MBpro lid gets (iPad) thicker to accommodate an iPad 1080p camera module in that spot. My guess is that it is the SAME camera module, but iFixit may confirm or deny that soon.
So, if Apple can "fit" a 1080p FaceTime camera where it is, why not fit the very same module a few millimeters higher just like they do for iPads? And if so, do they still need the notch? To say yes for the future Face ID stuff, I'll again point to the Apple iPad Pro with FaceID... all fitting in the same thin, notch-less bezel.
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Ritchie had a reasonable explanation for that. Apple had to choose between 3 thunderbolt ports and less than top spec hdmi/sd slot versus dropping a thunderbolt port
most Nerds and tech enthusiasts will watch a blonde chick play with electronics.
I wonder how many of her viewers watch her videos muted?
Another user pointed out that iJustine posted a video with the base 14".
Yeah Apple does have a record of only giving mid-high spec to reviewers.
The base 14" is the ignored middle child that is the "jack of all trades but a master of none"