Matte or glossy?
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- Amicus0
Can I have mine in a semi-gloss???? :)
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- soul glow!neue75_bold
- fo shizzleAmicus
- raf0
Matte. I have a glossy 13" and I hate the reflections. The only purpose of putting glossy coating over a screen is that people unconsciously associate shiny things with quality. They remind them of old glass TV screens too. They feel glass, not plastic.
- lukus_W0
do the glossy screen have richer colours, or is there no difference?
- it's hard to tell when all you can see is your own face staring back at you...neue75_bold
- quamb0
ba-lone-ee
i got a glossy screen, and rarely have issues. i'd go glossy again for sure - agree with the tracing paper comment.
- GeorgesII0
matte mate,
i trully hate my glossy screen too
- 2ndcrack0
'I'm allright with my old matte MacBook Pro but with the new unibody the antiglare monitor looks fragile, I mean, that laptop was built for the glossy one, but maybe I'm wrong...' ItalianStallion
Agreed I checked them side by side in an Apple store, the matte looks like an afterthought not there by design. It really needs an antiglare glass option.
I've decided to wait till next revision because of this and see what the 'proper' solution might turn out to be.
- I would wait too, but...
http://buyersguide.m…ItalianStallion - Recommendation: Neutral - Mid product cycle
So I'm waiting.2ndcrack
- I would wait too, but...
- neue75_bold0
I'm waiting for the MacBook Wheel...
- Jordy0
Matte for sure! The glare is gonna annoy you so much! It's so bad you can't compare color anymore .. apple has had lots of complaints from the design industry, that's why they brought back the antiglare / matte option ...
- <alicetheblue
- as if we all weren't color-correcting on CRTs just a few years back, before LCDs took over...monospaced_III
- funkage0
While Jordy has a point, it really boils down to personal preference and what you intend on doing with it. Some love the glossy, some absolutely hate it. The best thing you could probably do is head down to an Apple retailer and compare both screens for yourself.
Having said that, I'd go matte.
- Horp0
I have a glossy MBP15. I had no choice when I bought mine, it was an emergency and I took what they had in stock. I also have a matte ibook 13" and I think I prefer the glossy. The view is much richer and by comparison a matte screen is a bit like looking through a piece of tracing paper.
I generally only use my MBP sat at home in the evenings when there is no strong light hitting it, so maybe it would drive me nuts if I was using it as a work machine in an office, or out and about.
- ItalianStallion0
Office work (graphics and coding) with no external monitor for me, but I always change office and light situations are very different.
I'm allright with my old matte MacBook Pro but with the new unibody the antiglare monitor looks fragile, I mean, that laptop was built for the glossy one, but maybe I'm wrong...
- luo0
I'm the same, have the glossy MPB 15in. had no choice when buying -- it can be a bit annoying at times for sure. so i'd go with the matte screen, if i had had a choice at the time would have gone with that!
- neue75_bold0
I hate my glossy screen... when working with blacks/greys I need to change my clothing accordingly or I can't see shit, other than my dumb face...
- utopian0
matte
- erikjonsson0
i dont mind the glossy screen
- ooohhh gooood foooor yoooouuuuneue75_bold
- its fucking distractingMachuse
- BusterBoy0
I was dead set against getting a matte as I love glossy displays, but the MBP matte screen is great. Wouldn't go back to gloss now.
- dskz0
matte.