Yea, it's a 16x10.4 display. If you're watching 16x9 content, it didn't stretch vertically on old Macs that were 16x10 either. On this screen, it just doesn't come close to the notch. If you're doing full-screen with something that doesn't have a Mac menu bar, it just uses the display area under the notch so you don't see any notch.
I like that they basically put the menu bar and the webcam in the same space. It means I have more vertical space for the rest of my stuff. Is it perfect? I'd love a camera that could be invisibly embedded under a display and still work perfectly, but I'd also love to be able to teleport. It seems like a good engineering compromise to make something that works well. Really, the new MacBook Pros are just amazing in ways I'd resigned myself to putting up with Apple being annoying. No more touch-bar, giant escape key, emoji key, ports, and not trying to shave every tiny bit of weight/size when doing so would compromise usability. They even went with a 20% larger battery for the 14" and the 12% sharper display isn't transformative, but it's a nice upgrade.
The notch is a good use of otherwise wasted space, at least for me.
I like that they basically put the menu bar and the webcam in the same space. It means I have more vertical space for the rest of my stuff. Is it perfect? I'd love a camera that could be invisibly embedded under a display and still work perfectly, but I'd also love to be able to teleport. It seems like a good engineering compromise to make something that works well. Really, the new MacBook Pros are just amazing in ways I'd resigned myself to putting up with Apple being annoying. No more touch-bar, giant escape key, emoji key, ports, and not trying to shave every tiny bit of weight/size when doing so would compromise usability. They even went with a 20% larger battery for the 14" and the 12% sharper display isn't transformative, but it's a nice upgrade.
The notch is a good use of otherwise wasted space, at least for me.