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A laptop with thick bezels and no notch is the same as a laptop with no bezels, a notch and those pixels disabled in software. It sounds like you want it both w
by josephg 5y ago
A laptop with thick bezels and no notch is the same as a laptop with no bezels, a notch and those pixels disabled in software. It sounds like you want it both ways - you don’t want to lose your vertical real estate (“which is already at a premium”). And you don’t want the notch. In the same paragraph talking about how important vertical real estate is, you hold up other laptops like the framework as ideal even though they lose vertical real estate via the chunky bezel.
I’m confused. Do you want design aesthetics (no notch)? Or do you want more vertical real estate (less bezels + a notch)? Having both would be the best. But given we can’t have that, if you were in charge of the MacBook Pro design, what would you choose?
- yellowapple 5y ago> you hold up other laptops like the framework as ideal even though they lose vertical real estate via the chunky bezel. Because they more than make up for it with the 3:2 aspect ratio. > Do you want design aesthetics (no notch)? Don't care about aesthetics. > But given we can’t have that, if you were in charge of the MacBook Pro design, what would you choose? Bigger top bezel and - ideally - a 3:2 aspect ratio.
- josephg 5y agoI still don't understand. Lets say we have two machines: - Machine 1 has a large top bezel and no notch - Machine 2 has a tiny top bezel and a notch, but the pixels to either side of the notch are disabled in software (and never used). The part of the display thats enabled has identical geometry to machine 1. Aesthetics aside, aren't these machines identical in every way? You have a strong preference for machine 1. Why?
- yellowapple 5y ago> You have a strong preference for machine 1. Why? Because Machine 2 offers nothing of value over Machine 1 - only more complexity and more opportunities for hardware and software issues.