HACKER Q&A
📣 amichail

Would MacBook Pros be better with these simple changes?


I think these simple changes would improve most people's experiences with MacBook Pros.

Software:

* limit brightness by default so whites don't hurt your eyes or tell the user how to do this

* provide a way to increase the volume of high frequencies so they balance the strong bass (especially for older adults with weaker high frequency hearing)

* provide a way to hide the notch in Desktops that works like what is done in full-screen apps so that users don't need to use a wallpaper with black at the top

* provide an easier way to make fine adjustments to brightness

* provide an easier way to make fine adjustments to volume

Hardware:

* make the escape key width the same as the Touch ID sensor

* put bumps on two function keys to make them easier to find without looking

  👤 gregjor Accepted Answer ✓
You should explore the display, sound, and accessibility settings in MacOS. Look at third-party keyboards.

https://www.makeuseof.com/how-to-fine-tune-volume-brightness...

👤 optimussupreme
I would add to the list: 1) Full sized up and down arrow keys. 2) Instead of regular thermal paste, they should use something like "cryosheet thermal grizzly" 3) thin heatpipe soldered to the chassis placed in the place where the most heat comes out of the chassis, so the heat spreads evenly 4) Remove the notch 5) Make ssd replaceable 6) Spill resistant keyboard 7) Oled screen 8) rotary dial like in Asus pro art 9) Apple pencil works with touchpad 10) Dunno, random idea: ability to listen to music via haptic engine for deaf persons
👤 dsdxd
Would expect a lot of user testing and validation goes on at Apple.

Seems like you need to RTFM and probably make some mods yourself.