I had a look at the wikipedia page on transistors before I posted, but even had I not done that, it is obvious from where we are at now that a transistor had po

I had a look at the wikipedia page on transistors before I posted, but even had I not done that, it is obvious from where we are at now that a transistor had potential to be better than vacuum tubes. Going from a screen without a chunk out of it to a screen with a chunk missing from it is not an advantage in any way. A missing chunk of screen has no potential to be better than a complete screen. Complete screen > incomplete screen, simple as that. It's not simply an unlikable aesthetic, it is functionally worse in every way. It takes up the same physical space as a full screen, with less functionality. No amount of Apple fanboyism can change that fact. We are talking about this product, not some hypothetical future where that missing screen space is used for something more useful than a screen. They've gone in the correct direction for a few things in this product (HDMI, magsafe), but the screen chunk is a clear and obvious step backwards. How anyone could argue differently is beyond me.