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It's just that Apple will have you think that nobody has ever developed a laptop screen with a smaller bezel, and thus the revolutionary and innovative approach
by ljm 5y ago
It's just that Apple will have you think that nobody has ever developed a laptop screen with a smaller bezel, and thus the revolutionary and innovative approach is to just obstruct the display.
The macbook has basically gone from having a comically huge bezel to something people will consider a nuisance.
Dell did similar with the XPS 13 when they put the camera lens on the bottom corner of the screen, and it wasn't too long before they sorted that one out.
- gjsman-1000 5y agoWell, nobody has without terrible cameras. On launch day, some people were saying, "Well, Razer did it!" but Razer's webcam quality is absolutely hot garbage by comparison to even the old 720p Apple webcams. It's either notch and good camera, bad webcam and no notch/bezel, no webcam and no notch/bezel, or a thick bezel and good camera. Take your pick.
- alphabettsy 5y agoThat’s true, but the XPS 13 camera and angle is terrible and that’s certainly not preferable for me in the age of Zoom.
- seba_dos1 5y agoXPS 13 camera has been back on the top for a while already.
- alphabettsy 5y agoYea. I was responding to the suggestions that below the screen might be an acceptable alternative. The XPS camera is still bad but the angle is fixed at least.
- pseudalopex 5y agoThey suggested people considered the bottom camera a nuisance.
- Tagbert 5y agoThe XPS 13 is also a 720p camera
- Tagbert 5y agoApple’s camera is not just the camera. There is a true tone / ambient light sensor there too. It’s not the most compact component. They may be able to reduce it at some point but not so far.