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  • Future MacBook Pro screens may kill off the bezel completely

    darkvaderdarkvader
    fastasleep said:
    darkvader said:
    I'm fine with bezels on my computer.  I don't really care how big they are.  They can be huge, tiny, or nonexistent.

    But that stupid notch has to go.  It's a no-brainer to give up screen real estate to get rid of it, because screen with a notch in the middle of it is useless anyway.  It was an incredibly stupid move by Apple.

    I'd rather give up the camera entirely.  Most users tape over it anyway, so it's not like anybody is actually giving up anything of value.  If you need a camera, there are plenty of external cameras on the market.
    “Useless” 
    “most users”
    LOL

    The. Stupid. Notch. Blocks. The. Menu. Bar.

    How is that anything but useless?  There are ways to move the menu bar down and turn the 'screen' space beside the notch into a bezel, but that's less than ideal.  Sure, it's better than the notch, but it wastes more screen real estate than putting the camera in a proper bezel would.

    And yes, most users.  I haven't seen a MacBook Pro in years that didn't have tape (or a torn post-it note) over the bezel.  For iMacs, it's usually just an entire post-it note with something written on it.  But the camera is covered, because almost nobody trusts a camera pointing at them all the time.  It used to be camera shutters, but those break screens now.  Entire offices have virtually every camera taped.  The only computers without tape are the few people who do videoconferences all the time and maybe a dedicated video conference computer.

    Users working from home who have to do video conferences typically tape the camera and have an external cam that they cover or unplug when it's not in use.

    Maybe my clients are just particularly privacy conscious.  But they almost all cover cameras.
    grandact73williamlondon9secondkox2

  • Future MacBook Pro screens may kill off the bezel completely

    darkvaderdarkvader
    I'm fine with bezels on my computer.  I don't really care how big they are.  They can be huge, tiny, or nonexistent.

    But that stupid notch has to go.  It's a no-brainer to give up screen real estate to get rid of it, because screen with a notch in the middle of it is useless anyway.  It was an incredibly stupid move by Apple.

    I'd rather give up the camera entirely.  Most users tape over it anyway, so it's not like anybody is actually giving up anything of value.  If you need a camera, there are plenty of external cameras on the market.
    williamlondon9secondkox2

  • Apple talks to suppliers to increase manufacturing efforts outside of China

    darkvaderdarkvader
    Reopen the Fremont factory.

    Apple pretends to be an American company.  Perhaps they should try to act like one.
    macseeker

  • Apple releases macOS Monterey 12.4 to the public

    darkvaderdarkvader
    Anybody else think 2.2GB for an update that doesn't really add any features seems a bit much?

    I mean, that's only slightly smaller than the entire current Xubuntu OS release, for what is ultimately a minor patch.  I've got clients who still have 12 megabit DSL connections, patches like this are a pain for them.
    williamlondontyler82Alex1Nmuthuk_vanalingam

  • iOS 16 will have refreshed Apple apps but look the same as iOS 15

    darkvaderdarkvader
    Would be a lot better if it looked more like iOS 6.  Every release after 6 has looked like garbage.  Flat is fugly.
    lkruppAlex1NAnilu_777