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I ordered mine on release day and am eagerly awaiting its delivery. Glad to hear that about the notch. I couldn't for the life of me think why it mattered. Whe

I ordered mine on release day and am eagerly awaiting its delivery. Glad to hear that about the notch. I couldn't for the life of me think why it mattered. When the presentation showed it, I looked at the very display of the Mac laptop I was watching it on and sure enough, there was a gap in the menu bar where the notch would be, with the menu items on the left and the clock and all those little widget icons on the right. I was streaming it on my personal 2013 MacBook air (which is a great little machine but ready for an upgrade), and then glanced at my work Macbook Pro and its external display. On both those, there was also empty space where the notch would be. I thought, wow, what a great idea. But then I saw all these comments about how it was horrible and a deal breaker, and some designer pompously talking about how when you're like him and pay close attention to detail it will be distracting, I thought either everyone had lost their collective mind, or I was missing something. I realize there are some apps with a lot of menu items which might have to oddly flow to the other side, but I don't think that's super common, and I guess I'll just have to see how it feels in the end. But glad that this reviewer isn't bothered by it.

deergomoo 5y ago
> But then I saw all these comments about how it was horrible and a deal breaker [...] I thought either everyone had lost their collective mind, or I was missing something I think people dialled the outrage back again when they realised the area below the notch is a full 16:10 display—i.e. they added display where bezel used to be, rather than cutting into the display area.
- wayneftw 5y ago
  It limits how many menus your apps can have or makes them draw around it. If you enable compatibility mode you'll be back to an even fatter bezel which looks like dog shit. Rationalize that away.
  - r00fus 5y ago
    Understand you may be that 5-10% of the market that the notch impacts. The vast vast majority aren't running Photoshop and will spend 90% of their time on a browser which likely complies with notch.
    - pier25 5y ago
      You think pro users spend 90% of their time on a browser?
  - madeofpalk 5y ago
    Enable compatibility mode and you'll be back to the same "dog shit" as the previous screens which people didn't seem to be that outraged by.
- k8sToGo 5y ago
  Yes, once I heared that I was ok with the notch. Not only that, it makes much sense this way.
dkonofalski 5y ago
There may even be an option in System Preferences somewhere to lower the menu bar when there's overflow and just treat the extra area as a bezel. Since that's what it does for full-screen apps that aren't updated, it seems like it would be a good compromise in those situations.

deergomoo 5y ago

> But then I saw all these comments about how it was horrible and a deal breaker [...] I thought either everyone had lost their collective mind, or I was missing something I think people dialled the outrage back again when they realised the area below the notch is a full 16:10 display—i.e. they added display where bezel used to be, rather than cutting into the display area.

wayneftw 5y ago
It limits how many menus your apps can have or makes them draw around it. If you enable compatibility mode you'll be back to an even fatter bezel which looks like dog shit. Rationalize that away.
- r00fus 5y ago
  Understand you may be that 5-10% of the market that the notch impacts. The vast vast majority aren't running Photoshop and will spend 90% of their time on a browser which likely complies with notch.
  - pier25 5y ago
    You think pro users spend 90% of their time on a browser?
- madeofpalk 5y ago
  Enable compatibility mode and you'll be back to the same "dog shit" as the previous screens which people didn't seem to be that outraged by.
k8sToGo 5y ago
Yes, once I heared that I was ok with the notch. Not only that, it makes much sense this way.

dkonofalski 5y ago

There may even be an option in System Preferences somewhere to lower the menu bar when there's overflow and just treat the extra area as a bezel. Since that's what it does for full-screen apps that aren't updated, it seems like it would be a good compromise in those situations.