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Comment by mort96

5 months ago

Just don't think of it as a 15.4:10ish screen with a hole cut out of it, think of it as a 16:10 screen with some extra space on top for the menu bar. Realistically, what you're proposing is to remove the part of the screen with the notch in it to make it a normal 16:10 screen, and tbh that seems like a straight-up downgrade.

I do think the machine looks better with a dark menu bar in the "notched" area though. That's how I have my Asahi Linux system set up.

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Miraste  5 months ago

I don't believe those are the only options. Why is the notch so big? If they kept the webcam the same size and made it a hole punch in the display, instead of surrounding it with a giant blob that still can't do Face ID, it would solve the whole problem.

  • Tagbert  5 months ago

    Because there is more than just a camera. There is the camera, two sensors, and some mounting hardware. It all adds up to some space. The specific size doesn’t really matter especially if you use Bartender to properly manage the app icons.

    See the camera module here: https://forums.macrumors.com/attachments/img_0383-jpeg.22053...

    • Miraste  5 months ago

      I know, but the other two sensors are for color temperature and light level. There's no reason they couldn't be in the bezel or the bottom of the display, and they don't need that massive chunk just to mount a camera.

      Before Apple Silicon I always set the menu bar to autohide, and it bugs me unreasonably that I can't do that anymore.