No, people prefer small bezels that you could see outside apple ecosystem for years
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You're probably right maybe they already have the technology. A Notchless Macbook Pro will be next year's upgrade.
If Dell can pull it off, so can Apple. Their XPS has tiny bezel and w camera on top. This is a design choice to differ themselves from the competition. It is straight up ugly but oh well.
Looks like trash tbh, I’d rather have some bezels. Makes working on a machine a little less distraction g with some actual contrast between what you’re looking at and whatever is going on in the background. I’ll hold onto my M1. Wouldn’t buy one of these machines
I don’t get this comment. Watching a movie in full screen blacks area encompassing the notch and the full screen movie plays under that. Considering the area where this menu currently resides happens to be bezel, this implementation still means more viewing real estate even If you’re blacking some of it out.
What’s amazing is that Apple has all these underscreen camera patents and yet they still go with the notch
Lazy and uninspired. Truly awful design - people should not reward this. But they will. They will sell millions. And that’s why they no longer care about a good user experience or decent design, people buy it anyway.
They don't want to copy windows hello is my guess. It's been available for years and years.
More likely answer is that they want to hold it back as one more new feature of next year's model
And yet there's a big black bezel at the bottom of the screen. 🤷♂️
Yup. It can power the built in display + up to two additional Pro Display XDRs @6k. The M1 Max can drive up to three, plus a 4K one through HDMI.
Imagine thinking people only watch in 16x9
Apple 2022 releases standalone notch! Notchify any screen in your life! iNotch Max for your home and car windows. iNotch mini for your glasses and AW. Instantly be recognised as an iconic Apple user! Brand recognition for all.
The internet seems to understand just fine, there is a difference between bezels and notches. Feel free to ask an old wise friend of mine, the dictionary.
I know that gaming, old tv shows and a cramped menu bar found often on those aliens called „Pros“ are forbidden speech on Apple forums but please try to revive those synapses. A notch on a laptop is a stupid idea only a Touch Bar inventor gets away with.
Yes it's a pro machine and as such I don't care if it's thinner or better looking than someone else's machine, I want every inch to be maxed out on it and an uninterrupted view across the top.
Huge bezels, lame keyboard...the list goes on and on.
Like I said "dang that is ugly". Not just speaking of the notch.
And what happens when you use a different resolution for your screen and the physical notch no longer stays inside the menubar vertically but then protrudes into your content or workspace? Or is Apple going to make the menubar a fixed height no matter what resolution you use? Because that would really defeat the purpose of adding more screen real estate.
4:3 art film lovers rise UP! 😆
All these notch puns are notcharully to be expected but I'm really ready to move on past them, believe it or notch.
Exactly.
Everyone is talking about all the glorious extra real estate, but no one is mentioning how the new Menu Bar is like almost larger than 2 times what is previously was!
Thin Bezel + Thin Menu Bar vs. No Bezel + Thick Menu Bar is basically the same thing. Except now you have the black eye of Sauron staring at your face every time you want to FaceTime grandma.
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So I guess this is what happens when Jony Ive leaves Apple?
I wanted to give someone new a shot, but DAMN.
How is it that Dell ca do this?!
I wanted to give someone new a shot, but DAMN.
How is it that Dell ca do this?!
The presentation was slightly confusing, and in all of their marketing material the wallpaper is displayed on the full 16:11 display. When you rewatch the part about the new mini-led display, you'll notice that the mini-led design seems to end at the menu bar.
I am almost surprised that Apple did not poke fun of their notch design and explicitly say, don't worry, the notch will not invade your usable working space.
What? No it wouldn't. You just consider the part below the menu/notch as the parts you are rescaling.
Try running your MBP now with menu bar hidden and change your resolution. See the difference. Now imagine you also have menus and status icons available in the bezel above the screen.