New Macbook design?

[Eric_WVGG]

Same! The race towards zero bezels has never made sense to me.

That just sounds crazy to me. When you reduce bezels, you either get a bigger screen in the same chassis (awesome!) or the same screen in a smaller device (awesome!). It's win-win!

That said, there's not much left to be gained from this point.

 

[hch720]

Maybe some time next year. I think they redesign it every 4 yrs

 

[Contact_Feanor]

With all due respect, this thread/discussions is purely about case design.

As Ive would be the first to tell you: design is not just what it looks like, design is how it works.

 

[klasma]

With all due respect, this thread/discussions is purely about case design.

As Ive would be the first to tell you: design is not just what it looks like, design is how it works.

I see no contradiction here. Case design is about how the case works as well.

 

[MacCheetah3]

I remember back in 2007 getting one of those matte black macbooks that came with OSX snow leoapard. Old tech by todays standards but man, it just seemed so magical to me back then because it was that much better than the competition. I loved the design and it served me near flawlessly for 10 years.

I quick snapped a few photos for your nostalgic pleasure.



I like both. In fact, I also still like the PBG3 “Lombard”/“Pismo" form with its even more curved edges.

P.S. The flat GUI design is nice, however, I do miss some elements in skeuomorphism, such as the Dock.

 

[johnjohnsson]

Left: 2020 M1 MBA
Right: 2001 PowerBook G4 (No just kidding it is a 2024 M3 MBA)

 

[Royksöpp]

I am extremely happy with the current design of the MacBook Pro. The only two things that would make it perfect is eliminating the notch and the black keyboard deck. Other than that, they nailed it.

 

[jlc1978]

Asking for a redesigned MacBook is like asking for a redeveloped Porsche 911. Some things you just do not need to mess with.

Yea, they stopped making real 911's when they dropped the air-cooled engine.

I am extremely happy with the current design of the MacBook Pro. The only two things that would make it perfect is eliminating the notch and the black keyboard deck. Other than that, they nailed it.

Apple's design which allows the OS to use the space around the notch for the menubar is, IMHO, a good design. With a black stripe on the desktop picture you don't see the notch, and Apple has increased the effective screen size slightly as a result of the design.

 

[maxoakland]

I'm guessing the bezels are as thin as they can get and still maintain reasonable structural rigidity.

You would be wrong. Look at the Titanium PowerBook from 2001

http://512pixels.net/wp-content/uploads/S3/2013-06-02-tibook.png

Look at those bezels! If they could do that in 2001 I’m sure they can at least get there in the future

 

[darngooddesign]

I see no contradiction here. Case design is about how the case works as well.

The previous MBP case designs didn't work very well unless you liked throttled performance and roaring fans.

 

[darngooddesign]

You would be wrong. Look at the Titanium PowerBook from 2001

http://512pixels.net/wp-content/uploads/S3/2013-06-02-tibook.png

Look at those bezels! If they could do that in 2001 I’m sure they can at least get there in the future

The TiBook has thicker bezels so the future is now.

 

[bryo]

I don’t think the notch is a big deal in use, but I do hope they ditch it at some point.

I like the rounded corners on the top though, it reminds me very much of osx tiger and classic Macintosh.

 

[jlc1978]

You would be wrong. Look at the Titanium PowerBook from 2001

http://512pixels.net/wp-content/uploads/S3/2013-06-02-tibook.png

Look at those bezels! If they could do that in 2001 I’m sure they can at least get there in the future

I tried to find the bezel size but couldn’t. However, they do not appear smaller than today’s MBP; they appear to be 2x in size.