This is hilarious. It makes no difference to me but makes lots of sense as a marketing move for controversy and free press releases. Actually similar to their strategy for the 24" iMac design.
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Notch on the M1X MacBook Pro? [MERGED]
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They fixed their webcam design in 2019 actually. Before that it was horrible for your chin.
Not at all, it would sit in the unused central portion of the menu bar, and in the small letterboxed black bar when viewing any 16x9 content. It would just be an odd thing at first that you get used to relatively quickly, just like the notches on phones.
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no they hadnt...when they did had very thin bezel the webcamera was in the keyboard
now the top bezel is a little bit thicker and there is just ambient lightning and 720p webcam, no dot projector or flood illuminator or 1080p camera or infrared camera
You cant bend physics..but again, this is logical IF apple go with very thin bezels...because otherwise to have the current bezel and still have a notch that would be very stuupid even with the best faceID outhere
Are they? They have yet to remove it from the single product that has it.
There will be digital watch on the ride side of the menu bar. You can mark my words on this one.
No because you’d still have a full 16:10 screen area as now, there would just be an extra bar at the top either side of the notch like with the iPhones. It’s not eating into the display area, it’s an addition that would otherwise be useless bezel anyway 🤷♂️
I am really interested in the M1X MB Pro 16" to replace my 2015 MBP, but if its got a notch then I highly doubt I will go for it. Just doesn't make sense with the large footprint that a laptop has, that it would need a notch to house a camera. On an iphone with very limited space it is understandable. If it does have a notch, these new MB Pros will still sell very well though, just not by me. Ill just stick to my current MBP which still runs very well, but getting long in the tooth.
Not a dealbreaker, but it better have FaceID then. Imagine if it had a notch just for the same old crappy 720P webcam…
It's almost certainly happening. All the pieces fit e.g. the 74 pixel taller resolution from MacOS itself, and now there's a leak of the panel (I doubt anyone's going to that much trouble to make a fake component leak).
Until it's officially revealed by apple, i'm still going to say there will be no notch. Will definitely be interested to see if there is an notch....and wouldn't be surprised if i'm wrong.
Was thinking about going back to Mac in the future (even though I love my spectre x360), but with a notch, i'll have to see the macbook pro in person before I buy one.
I mean I guess Apple themselves could be throwing out a red herring to distract from any genuine last minute leaks, but I don't really see the benefit for them? If someone gets hold of an actual chassis and posts a pic online, that's still going viral whether they've tried to preoccupy everyone with talking about a display notch or not. Personally I don't think a notch is even going to be all that noticeable on such a big display, especially as you have your whole 16:10 area available anyway... but then tbh if they decided to delete the FaceTime camera altogether and sell it as an accessory with a true edge to edge screen with no notch I think I'd be fine with that too! Just anxious for a decent upgrade to my 2015 15" at this point 🤣
Exactly if its a edge to edge design similar to the iPad mini 6, it will have a narrow black band around it totally hiding the camera. Likely flat edges as that the trend similar to iPads and iPhones. No bezel around the display.
With the 24" iMac, Apple has made one thing clear: they want to ship recognizable designs.
Recognizable first, beautiful second.
This results in lots of free press and consequently, free marketing.
Personally, I don't care one bit, obviously there will be an option to black out the notch surroundings and enjoy a plain screen.
But it's still hilarious. People will go mad over this for no valid reason and I'd like to hug whoever had this idea.
Recognizable first, beautiful second.
This results in lots of free press and consequently, free marketing.
Personally, I don't care one bit, obviously there will be an option to black out the notch surroundings and enjoy a plain screen.
But it's still hilarious. People will go mad over this for no valid reason and I'd like to hug whoever had this idea.
Especially when you can use an existing part & employ some fuzzy photography. Here's what the FaceTime camera looks like from a recent MacBook Pro.
I Googled that in a minute.