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This laptop seems to have 0 compromises, I'm buying one instantly.
It has a notch. That is one heck of a compromise.
I watched in side of several apps I used and never saw anything useful in the top center.
So, as far as I can tell, they listened to every single complaint people had about the last generation of pro Macs. These are in every meaning of the word pro machines. Now, they're so pro, I can't imagine why anyone would need one, unless they do multi-media professionally, or work exclusively in Xcode. I can't even believe they compromised on size and weight in order to deliver something more pro. It's a complaint…
And 160g and 150g weight change, or one iPhone mini heavier. One iPhone Pro Max heavier for the for "max" version.
Personally, I don't think I would notice.
The M1 stuff is amazing but it's kind of a sad state of affairs when I'm unreasonably happy about having things (decent keyboard, connectivity) that should be table stakes for a professional level laptop. Mostly just bummed that we appear to have traded one gimmick - the touchbar, for another - the notch.
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>It displeases my sense of aesthetics. Or lack thereof.
No, you! Seriously, look at the promo images that Apple created for this product: https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro-14-and-16/ The vast majority of these images hide the notch by not showing the menu bar at all, which is not how a Mac is generally used. The other images make it less noticable by putting it over a dark background. Does that convey confidence in the design, by the designers that were tasked to make it…
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I would imagine that it letterboxes the display for any apps that don't support the extended display.
Hopefully they will stop the mouse at the letterbox border, otherwise it would be terrible UX.
Am I the only one bothered by the thickness? I mean, the new macs are going to be amazing machines but....it's just so un-Apple, you know? Still, gonna pick one up as soon as I can :)
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No, you! Seriously, look at the promo images that Apple created for this product: https://www.apple.com/macbook-pro-14-and-16/ The vast majority of these images hide the notch by not showing the menu bar at all, which is not how a Mac is generally used. The other images make it less noticable by putting it over a dark background. Does that convey confidence in the design, by the designers that were tasked to make it…
Or, you know, under nearly every normal use case, it will just blend into the display. It causes no issues on the iPhones and looks just fine for what it is and, aesthetically, I'd prefer to have the slight bit of extra screen space for status icons and menus as opposed to a larger bevel. I don't see you proposing any better, more aesthetically pleasing solution, only complaining.
How about not having a notch, like literally every other Apple (and non-Apple) laptop? Is that even conceivable?
The M1 stuff is amazing but it's kind of a sad state of affairs when I'm unreasonably happy about having things (decent keyboard, connectivity) that should be table stakes for a professional level laptop. Mostly just bummed that we appear to have traded one gimmick - the touchbar, for another - the notch.
The notch is a design tradeoff, not a gimmick.