Yeah, I don't think I'd care even if they DID add FaceID. TouchID works so well and even if I'm wearing a mask and such.
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The notch is great
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The ugly NOTCH is here to stay sadly and not going anywhere despite everyone complaining about it...
Look at this guy wanting his MBP’s lid to be as fat as an iPad Pro.
No, you're missing the point. If you want the bezel of the iPad Pro, then the lid has to be much thicker than it currently is, as the inside of the lid, where the hardware goes, is not the blooming TARDIS!! 😆
So, notch or thicker lid, meaning when in clamshell, it's even thicker too?
The discussion isn't about extra pixels, it's about introducing a shape on your display that doesn't belong.
It's like putting a big piece of black tape on the windshield of your car and convincing yourself it looks 'cool' and is no obstruction at all.
I want to see your facial expression, if the new iPad Pro gets a thiner bezel with a notch too.
What facial expression? I won’t buy it and keep my M1 12.9 iPad Pro. I am not an Apple sheep who buys the latest and greatest every year.
The M1 12.9 iPad Pro is the best mobile computer that Apple currently has in terms of how it looks.
Actually, it’s more like taking the current screen and adding extra screen above it, that has a small gap in the middle. You’re just taking a pessimistic view of it.
Also, that ’shape that doesn’t belong’ is in the menu bar, where the vast majority of the time, there’s nothing utilising that space. When apps are full screened, apps will either utilise the extra space via compatibility mode, or just not use that actual row, and the screen it does use, is the same amount of screen it would use in comparison to an equivalent notch less older MacBook……
It’s funny that the aggressive notch haters are not looking at all the facts available, and are running on assumptions and cherry picking parts of facts to support their flawed points.
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Many users autohide their menu bar. So what happens when they want 2 apps side by side, not fullscreen?
Quick mockup,
So we'll have a wallpaper line with a notch in the middle, and then your apps below?
Seems pretty ugly.
Notchless is a lot easier on the eyes.
If it’s not using compatibility mode, it will be full screen. Maybe you should go read up on things, as you’re obviously going on you’re assumptions.
There’s been links to the information in this thread, and Macrumors have posted articles, along with other tech sites covering all this.
It's not explained since I'm not fullscreen.
Fullscreen is easy, I press the button and the notch-bar turns black.
Or when auto-hiding the menubar isn't enabled, nothing happens when I drag a window to the top of the screen.
What happens when the menubar is on 'auto-hide' and I move my windows to the top?
Please, enlighten me or give me a link.
//quick video to explain
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I assume we need to wait for the reviews on Monday to find out. Also how bad it really is.
I use the Mac with Menu Bar hidden so the notch being there will make the thing worse.
But perhaps you just take it as an "extra real estate" and use a black wallpaper.
Hopefully in the coming months there will be devs who will make a utility to cosmetically fix this issues.
I use Mosaic as my window management tool so it will be interesting how they approach this.
At the end of the day. This is wasted space for those who hide their menu bar.
But if your windshield already had a big piece of black tap going across it and you removed 95% of it wouldn’t it be less obstructed?
A piece of tape across the entire width would be fine, your brain would instantly adjust and see it as the new frame you're looking at/through.
However removing 95% and have a small center piece protruding from the frame would constantly beg for attention.
Do you sit in the middle of your car? It's also so high you don't see it.
This would be more correct placement.