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I’m hearing the new 16 is smaller screen than the intel 16 how is that possible, 9to5 said that
Heard it wrong? Probably mean the Intel 16” screen lid is bigger because bezels are way bigger.
 
False, there are mini LED left and right to the notch, they were just dark in the picture you mention. But I agree, there are no mini LED where the notch is, so it might be possible to fit a FaceID array there.
This information is based on what? Is there a picture showing the LED's at the sides of the notch?
 
I believe that was just conveying the image displaying during the dissection. There must be mini-led to the left and right of the notch, what else would be lighting up the content there when it’s displayed.
A normal LCD backlight using edge-lit LED's I'd imagine.
 
The design does look old-fashioned and bulky :-. I do not like the cheap look of the black keyboard and bulky design. The bulkiness has nothing to do with the actual height but with the round-edged design on the bottom which makes it look fat. Why they choose this design I don't know because it was not needed for the new ports: my 2015 MBP with HDMI and USB-C looks so much slimmer because it lacks the rounded design (see picture).
 

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EveryMac shows the dimensions of the Intel 16" MBP as 0.64 x 14.09 x 9.68.

The new M1 Pro/Max MBP has the following dimensions: 0.66 x 14.01 x 9.77.

Inches. Height, length, depth. Nearly identical. The new MBP's width is slightly shorter than the Intel one.
 
EveryMac shows the dimensions of the Intel 16" MBP as 0.64 x 14.09 x 9.68.

The new M1 Pro/Max MBP has the following dimensions: 0.66 x 14.01 x 9.77.

Inches. Height, length, depth. Nearly identical. The new MBP's width is slightly shorter than the Intel one.
Please stop with the facts! It’s just too thick…people must cancel their orders…Hopefully mine will ship sooner! ?
 
My worry with that keyboard is that the black anodisation will eventually start chipping, Apple have never had a good track record of pure black anodising in the past.
The iPhone 5 black chipped pretty easily but that’s if it got nicked or dropped. Nothing will touch the black part much besides your fingers. Should be good.
 
I think they could of stuck with the same thickness of the 2019 16” and put the M1 max into it, they made it thick because of the ports which most people won’t use
 
Apple:
“I heard all your complaints. Therefore we designed the following improvements/upgrades over the previous 16” model:

1. Improved Audio/Video experience
2. Better Camera
3. More port options w/ TB4 and Magsafe!
4. Fast Charging
5. 120 Hz display w/ProMotion
6. The most powerful ARM SoC chips ever designed and used in a laptop computer that you’ll absolutely struggle to get the fans to kick on with. We’re talking almost desktop quality GPU performance. Stream 7 feeds of 8K video. Dedicated ProRes encode/decode engines, 400 GB/s memory bandwidth, 64 GB unified memory….and much, much more…

However, we need to increase the thickness by 0.02 inches!”

Apple hater:
“It’s just too thick and the notch is so ugly, I’m cancelling my order!”
Your average MacRumors user in a nutshell. Every damn keynote/product release it is the same exact whining over and over again
 
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