Would you accept a notch on your main TV screen that you watch satellite TV, streaming media and play games on?
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Notch on the M1X MacBook Pro? [MERGED]
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For me - it doesn't seem so bad. I see several possible options:
There are two very easy solutions for fullscreen modes.
1) Apple can blackout the top 74 pixels temporarily due to XDR having deep blacks. This would make the MacBook have a 16:10 aspect ratio which is what the current MacBooks have now.
2) Apple could expand the top menu bar down to fit the 74 pixel of the notch, again the app would be using the 16:10 space with the menu bar using the extra 74 pixels.
There are two very easy solutions for fullscreen modes.
1) Apple can blackout the top 74 pixels temporarily due to XDR having deep blacks. This would make the MacBook have a 16:10 aspect ratio which is what the current MacBooks have now.
2) Apple could expand the top menu bar down to fit the 74 pixel of the notch, again the app would be using the 16:10 space with the menu bar using the extra 74 pixels.
Seriously though, would you prefer the camera notch array or the classic forehead bezel on your new M1X MacBook Pro display?
Seriously though, why do we need 16 threads on the same lame subject?
I don't care what it is, as long as it's significantly better than the 720p crap we've had for years.
LOL, sorry! I just signed up and it was the first time I used the forum features. I didn’t notice the numerous threads regarding this particular subject, LOL!
When you see how thin Windows laptop screen bezels are with the camera integrated into him, you’d need to question why Apple needs a notch, unless it features Face ID it makes no senses, but Face ID would be useless in clamshell mode. I think they’ll stick to Touch ID on a key. And their will be no notch.
Prosser and Koh were convinced the Apple Watch 7 would have flat edges on it in a totally new design, Gruber was convinced the new iPad Mini would not be launched at Apples last event but next year. All were totally wrong. Don’t believe a word you see or hear or read now from these supposed leakers until Apple announces it, they are getting more things wrong each year now, Apple is locking the leaks down tight.
It is of no concern to me, because there will be an option to black out that area of the screen and just enjoy your 16:10 perfect rectangle.
But still a TV has no need for a webcam so no reason to employ a notch.
In this case it has no effect on the actual operation of the product, you'll just visualize this notch during the in-store demos and recognize this as a MacBook Pro. It's just brilliant marketing on Apple's side.
I'm only a bit mad because they will be withholding Face ID for a future revision, but no biggie as I prefer Touch ID anyway
No but you can now buy the external keyboard where it does
I'd rather have a Touch ID system as opposed to a notch personally. On a laptop.
But this new MBP isn't going to have FaceID bro. And proof? Where's your proof? Other than some sketchy rumor with a worse than Sasquatch type photo apparently showing a notch. It reminds me of the photo back in the day of the rumored iMac G5 being opened in a Paris elevator before the Macworld keynote. Even back then the photo was clearer than this "notch" MBP.
I'd be amazed if the notch has actual OS screen either side of it, it doesn't make sense. The leaks point to the exact measurements of the screen leaving a 16:10 aspect ratio if you discount the pixels that would make up black space either side of the notch. That wouldn't bother me at all, as long as the space goes black in full screen mode and hides any battery/wifi/whatever info.
If you take your M1 13“ MBP or MBA to Starbucks, nobody is impressed by you as it looks like the same laptop everybody else is using. They don’t know that you are rocking the latest and greatest mobile computer by Apple.
With the introduction of the notch, as soon as you open your M2X 14” or 16” MBP, you win major flex points with everybody in Starbucks. Instead of writing your name on your frappuccino, they will simply call you by ”that fine gentlemen or madam with the latest and greatest MBP” when your order is ready, like a boss.
Now go buy your notched MBP and enjoy flexing at Starbucks everyone.
With the introduction of the notch, as soon as you open your M2X 14” or 16” MBP, you win major flex points with everybody in Starbucks. Instead of writing your name on your frappuccino, they will simply call you by ”that fine gentlemen or madam with the latest and greatest MBP” when your order is ready, like a boss.
Now go buy your notched MBP and enjoy flexing at Starbucks everyone.
Look everybody, I have an Apple MacBook Pro M1X. Everybody clap now because I’m better than you are. ?
If it dont have a glowing apple logo on the back, then know one cares!
Look what I can afford to spill coffee into in public or have wrenched from my hands on the way out the door! ?
The apple logo used to be a flex. Now the notch is the ultimate flex. Just lol @ peasants with 100% screen to body ratio.