I'm full-Apple when it comes to miniature computing (iPhone, iMac, Macbook Pro) but still with a PC for my daily work and home computing (work from home, which is sweet if you can handle it - I know no other way).
I'm desperately in need of an upgrade from the current PC, and thinking very, very strongly about the iMac 27". My only issue, however, is the concern over glare, so I want to wait a bit and see what the user reviews are like once they start arriving.
My desk sits next to a window, with the monitor facing the window near-directly (it faces 75% wall, 25% window, technically) and my current 24" Dell LCD monitor is matte finish, so I have zero glare. I'm not sure if I'll be able to handle a gloss monitor like that on the iPad or MBP, and since nobody yet has one, but for a few select review sites, and the Apple store has...shall we say...complimentary lighting that is not like most offices, I figure I should wait to see what people say with this glare reduction technique (which oddly still uses glossy outer glass).
I hold my iPad up by my monitor and it annoys me that I can see myself and the exterior outside my window, so I truly hope that the new iMac is NOT that glossy. I also recall often using my MBP outside and being frustrated that I cannot see the screen because of the glare. All this tells me that glare is not for me, that a glossy screen is not my style, but dayum I love that new iMac and since I'm loving how Apple uses its cloud and sharing computing, I want to go full Mac (isn't that their evil plan all along??
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I'm desperately in need of an upgrade from the current PC, and thinking very, very strongly about the iMac 27". My only issue, however, is the concern over glare, so I want to wait a bit and see what the user reviews are like once they start arriving.
My desk sits next to a window, with the monitor facing the window near-directly (it faces 75% wall, 25% window, technically) and my current 24" Dell LCD monitor is matte finish, so I have zero glare. I'm not sure if I'll be able to handle a gloss monitor like that on the iPad or MBP, and since nobody yet has one, but for a few select review sites, and the Apple store has...shall we say...complimentary lighting that is not like most offices, I figure I should wait to see what people say with this glare reduction technique (which oddly still uses glossy outer glass).
I hold my iPad up by my monitor and it annoys me that I can see myself and the exterior outside my window, so I truly hope that the new iMac is NOT that glossy. I also recall often using my MBP outside and being frustrated that I cannot see the screen because of the glare. All this tells me that glare is not for me, that a glossy screen is not my style, but dayum I love that new iMac and since I'm loving how Apple uses its cloud and sharing computing, I want to go full Mac (isn't that their evil plan all along??
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store, and with all those overhead lights didn't notice much glare, but maybe your situation is a little different. I'd tilt the iMac in the store a bit to evaluate the situation more thoroughly. And you know, there's always that two week return period, if you absolutely couldn't live with it.