Macbook Keyboard Bezel

[Graham Carter]

In the mobile phone world, everyones focussed on how much bezel a phone has, the thinner the better etc. And lesser so in the laptop world...

However I want to discuss what MacBook owners think about the bezel (if you can call it that) or the space between where the keyboard ends (left and right) and the edges of the laptop.

 

I have both the Macbook 12 and MacBook Pro 13 and personally I prefer the edge-to-edge design of the Macbook 12 keyboard.

It just looks slicker when compared the MacBook Pros with the grill on either side.

 

Granted, the grill on either side of the pro keyboards does look damm good, but again I prefer the tighter edge-to-edge layout on the Pros

 

I had hoped that when Apple re-released the air, that it would be in the style of the Macbook 12 keyboard just bigger.

Instead they went with the grills either side of the keyboard like the pros.

 

Im also hoping that with the new releases this year, that they go with the edge-to-edge design on the pros... here's hoping

Discuss...

 

 

 

[DrMacintosh]

MacBook keyboards have a standardized size. In the case of the 12" MacBook, it was designed to be the most portable and that is why it has the smallest footprint and to get the standard sized keyboard to fit they just took it to the edge of the chassis. 

 

As for Macs with the speaker grills on either side, only the MacBook Pros without a Touch Bar actually make use of the grills, all Touch Bar models have their speakers come out of the sides of the laptops. 

 

As for aesthetics, I think the grills on the sides look better than the single grill up on top. 

 

As for the upcoming refresh, It's highly unlikely that we will see any outward facing changes to the keyboard and we will simply see an increase in the screen to body ratio of the top display. Making the keyboard go edge to edge would require either spacing the keys out of completely redesigning the keyboard, and I don't think that's something Apple should or would want to do.