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So they used to sell 15" and 17" laptops and got rid of the 17", now they're selling 14" and 16", I wonder why?
by seanalltogether 5y ago
So they used to sell 15" and 17" laptops and got rid of the 17", now they're selling 14" and 16", I wonder why?
- yeezul 5y agoI think since they've managed to minimize the screen bezel, they can fit a 14" screen in the body of an older 13" and a 16" in the body of an older 15"?
- danaris 5y agoYes, this is the case. (As the owner of a 16" MBP, which replaced a long series of 15" MBPs—with a 17" in there way back when they were still current.)
- mikece 5y agoIsn't part of it that there's basically no bezel on the 14 and 16 models? I know Apple minimized that over the years it really is essentially zero now. I haven't checked but I wouldn't be surprised if the footprint of a 16" MBP is actually smaller than most 15.6" (or are they 15.4"?) non-Apple laptops.
- yeezul 5y agoI believe that's the correct answer. However I still wish they'd be able to get the bezel down to the size of an XPS 13
- nojito 5y agoDoesn't the XPS have the weird webcam position?
- mikece 5y agoMy work-issued XPS has a normal webcam position... but I cannot speak to models before or after this one.
- uluyol 5y agoI don't think this is an issue with the latest models.
- tummulfingur 5y agoThey moved the camera back up top in the 2019 models
- wffurr 5y agoAt the cost of one of the worst webcam sensors to ship in a laptop. I am fine with a little extra top bezel in exchange for a quality camera.
- Marsymars 5y agoLow-end non-Apple laptops, yes, but as far as high-end laptops go, Apple was very late to the party in minimizing bezels.
- PeterisP 5y agoThey're selling the same two size laptops, just with larger screens due to smaller bezels. Right now I'm looking at a 2019 16" and 2018 15" models, they're pretty much the same size, the 16" model is just a couple mm wider. Probably the same applies for 13"->14".