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would be used, creating a new 14-inch Macbook Pro.

That didn’t happen. The display is the same as before, with the same thick black bezels. It’s still a 500-nit Retina display, with a 2560x1600 resolution and support for the P3 wide color gamut ( go.macworld. com/p3ga) and True Tone. And it still looks excellent, with even backlighting, sharp text, and nice color.

But it’s disappointing that the 14-inch display didn’t happen. My personal preference is for larger screens, but besides that, there’s an aesthetic with the bezel that didn’t really catch my eye until the 16-inch Macbook Pro was released, and it’s emphasized even more if you also use an iphone that doesn’t have a Home button. The bigger bezel looks dated, on the brink of looking old, even. The design of the Macbook Pro lineup has been in