The iPhone 14 Pro’s most useful UI element would be great on the Mac.
I could use a Mac upgrade, but I’m a cheapskate and I’ve put it off. The performance of my old Mac is fine for what I do. A lot of great deals have popped up recently for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, but I haven’t made the investment.
But you know what would finally make me spend my money? A Mac with Dynamic Island.
Dynamic Island is a new user interface element that was introduced with the iPhone 14 Pro. With this phone, Apple redesigned the front notch to a pill shape, but instead of something on the screen that you try to ignore (as you did with the notch), Apple decided to give it a name and make it a key way to interface with the phone.
Apple’s Dynamic Island demos during the iPhone 14 event were dazzling. Cute little icons pop up, and tapping them brought up relevant and useful controls. It seemed like Apple performed magic by turning what is commonly perceived as a hindrance and made it a useful interface anchor point.
Read more at MacWorld.com