You’re obviously neither a writer, a photographer, a video editor or a music producer then.
On a laptop, full screen is usually necessary in these professions.
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macOS Hides the Notch on New MacBook Pro in Full-Screen Mode
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On a laptop, full screen is usually necessary in these professions.
At the end of the day, folks like to use a MBP the way they like to use one to be productive. Different strokes for different folks. I'm glad that MacOS has a full screen option but that's all it is, an option.
I am a technical writer professionally and an avid hobby photographer.
No, full screen is absolutely not necessary for these things. Especially for the writing, full screen would be contraproductive, as I often need to have multiple documents on screen at the same time.
Multiple documents open (at least using Apple’s tiling options) does use the full screen and create a virtual desktop.
On a notebook when a video editor doesn’t have access to a 2nd display, in the field or mobile office, full screen is absolutely essential.
When I write, I frequently have two documents open side by side in a virtual desktop which in itself = full screen.
Useless, as I need to be able to switch between more than just two documents showing on the same display all the time or occasionally need more than two documents on screen.
Seriously, let it go. This discussion is tiresome and pointless. Just accept that fullscreen is not the greatest thing on the world for everyone, nor does it cover all use cases.
It would be nice if they'd give you the option to show the menu bar when in full screen app mode.
Which is why I said IF they didn't scale down the screen...which they do.
I'm guessing they'll say the Apple camera is better and wouldn't fit?
Seriously, you let it go 😄 Just accept that full screen is the greatest thing in the world for some people and for others, it is not. But it’s definitely used by A LOT of pros.
That dell trashcam is an insult, pretty much every reviewer points that out.
In general, you still get the same 16:10 screen ratio and space on both Macbooks, the area left and right to that notch is just extra space, so no loss here either (thus they are 14.2" and 16.2"). People keep complaining about irrelevant details.
Maybe I will express an unpopular opinion here, but
A) I am not annoyed by this notch
B) I like this design solution, it looks futuristic to me.
A) I am not annoyed by this notch
B) I like this design solution, it looks futuristic to me.
Yes, that's why I said IR photograph. The extra hardware is a camera that captures IR data, which of course is still 2D and not as secure as a 3D map.
Games will still be full screen without the notch area as that's the top 74px are not reported as an available full screen resolution.
1) So if I have an app full screen, Mac app, third party app, video games or otherwise, I can’t choose to show the menu bar or not?
2) You know what I mean, not use all 16.2” for full screen. Geez the people on here.
1) Yes, any app that's using the system full screen mode you can choose to show or hide the menu bar. Full screen video and games always hide the menu bar like always
2) You could have had a 16" screen with a bezel or a 16.2" with a notch. The alternative would be to have a weird ratio 16.2" screen with no camera
Not sure what's so hard to understand here
Yeah I agree. It literally has no negative impact on anything that I do, at all, ever. Yet it allows me some extra pixels where the menu bar would have been had they kept a pure 16:10 screen. Thanks Apple for the extra pixels. I know it's not a lot, but extra pixels for Photoshop work is always welcomed.
Unused is the key word, but it's not 'hides' in full screen, it's 'shrinking the full screen' for the sake of a notch.
FWIW, the rest of the 2021 MBP features, though returning to a decade old design, are welcome.
So notch lover, do you really run full screen apps much? I haven't for a long time, so I'll see the notch all the time. I'm sorry you think I should accept the notch, but it's my opinion, and I wont be buying a notched laptop. Get on with your life and stop trying to convince others of something -- it doesn't work, especially not that way.well, look at that - who would have thought???
Notch haters, get on with life, it's going to stay for years to come
I wouldn't bet against it.
fwiw, I like touch ID on the power button, it works great on my android phone and my iPad Mini.
Hi, no that is not correct. The old scenario never used these two new rectangles that are now in play. You would either have a visible menu bar, or in full screen, content could extend into/over that region. This menu bar and notch sits above all of that. Nothing is lost. Something is gained.