Yup. No one is losing anything. They’ve just made what was a static black bezel dynamic everywhere except the notch, allowing menu bar text to live there and not eat into the screen real estate. Works for me.
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macOS Hides the Notch on New MacBook Pro in Full-Screen Mode
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Don't bet too much on that one. It only exists at all because the 1080p tech doesn't fit behind such a thin screen.... yet.well, look at that - who would have thought???
Notch haters, get on with life, it's going to stay for years to come
The menu bar is moved up, and the space for everything else is the same. So extra space for windows/full screen apps as well.
I disagree. Losing a slither of the entire width of your screen for the sake of short, thin, unnecessary notch is a lose-lose.
auxiliaryTopLeftArea | Apple Developer Documentation
The unobscured portion of the top-left corner of the screen.
looks like app developers can tell their apps to use the space in full screen
Don't be so unimaginative. It would detect the screen being lifted, or you could simply tap the touch pad, of which both cases work exactly like that in older MBP's, and then the face detect would kick in.
Yes. Pressing the mouse against the top of the screen makes them slide down.
It seems it’s a sign of quality.
Only top-notch producfts have a - eh - notch.
Only top-notch producfts have a - eh - notch.
Back in 2017, they sold the iPhone 8/8+ alongside the iPhone X.
All three phones had the exact same processor, mostly the same camera, same new features with new glass back, same new wireless charging, Pretty much the only difference was that the 8/8+ Had a big forehead and home button, and the X had uniform bezels with a notch, and was also an extra $200-300.
And guess which phone sold more? Guess which phone people were willing to spend over $1000 on? Guess which phone had the highest satisfaction ratings at the time? Guests which design Apple has decided to continue with on their flagships after getting such a positive reception?
Hint: it’s notch The one you want it to be.
And that was on the iPhone, where the notch actually does have a major possibility of cutting into your content. Here on the MacBook, it does not, it literally only breaks, interacts with, and or has any affect on the menu bar. Everything else is placed beneath it, can’t interact with it, and has no affect on it.
So yeah, not a big deal at all other than to Internet complainers.
There’s a reason why the new MacBook Pro is already pushed into December for most configurations
Nope. It’s a 14.2 inch MacBook that goes down to a 14.0 inch screen when you’re in fullscreen mode, unless you go into the system preferences and enable the menu bar in full screen apps, a new feature in Monterey, and then the 14.2 inches is fully utilized
Yes, Monterey gives the option for the menu bar to always stay visible.
And, when it’s visible in full screen, it turns dark.
Why are there so many people here with no logic at all!? Just rant about notch without sensible arguments and haven’t done any research either before comment. You lose almost nothing at all from that notch compare to previous generation beside aesthetics. What Apple do with the notch is the most sensible choice.
Sensible would imply less complexity, and apple has shown us how the substrate needs to be curved and curled in order to form a notch. Sensible would imply no notch at all.
I think he was talking more about things like Apple Pay or password verification, where currently on the iPad Pro and iPhone, you have to verify that you’re trying to do that by double clicking the side button.
Something similar would obviously be implemented on the Mac, so you don’t accidentally purchase things just by having your face shown, which pretty much defeats the purpose of the convenience of face ID.
If I have to double click a button already to verify that I actually want face ID to verify me for a purchase, best just use touch ID anyway since my finger is already there.
For the record, I’m not saying that Face ID shouldn’t ever come to a Mac, but I could understand why it hasn’t yet.
I would personally want both, Face ID for unlocking my Mac and password autofill, and touch ID for making purchases and giving administrator verification
Not pointless at all. I use full screen between multiple applications and on my primary desktop I have windows open, too. Full screen offers greater focus opportunity and that's how I utilize it.
But they did didn’t they? The windows area is still 16:10. Nothing obstructs your productivity or entertainment area.