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Re:Apple Magic Toolbar – Trademark Exclusive – New Macbook D... by zimpenfish on Friday October 21, 2016 @07:43AM (#12759572)
More screen estate in the same space would mean a denser panel - higher hardware cost. Also would mean lower battery life - higher user cost.
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Re:Apple Magic Toolbar – Trademark Exclusive – New Macbook D... by mixedCase on Friday October 21, 2016 @12:34PM (#12761854)
I implied a bigger panel. Same width, but 16:10 instead of 16:9. This toolbar thing isn't free either wether it's literal money we're talking about or power consumption.
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Re:Apple Magic Toolbar – Trademark Exclusive – New Macbook D... by zimpenfish on Monday October 24, 2016 @05:46AM (#12777604)
Well, if it's e-ink, there's no power consumption except when it changes. Plus it's probably a lot cheaper to find a small strip of e-ink panel (given the number of Kindles etc.) than to find a Retina-class 16:10 panel.
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