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Apple Again Offers Matte Display Option on 15" MacBook Pro
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Those news are fantastic. What is not so fantastic that I got the 17" last wednesday and I would have gone for the 15" if I would have had the matte option. Well.
so..by making it say anti-glare instead of matte and charging $50 they are doing 2 things
1. they are basically admitting that matte/antiglare is better...if anti-glare=matte then glare=glossy?
2. they are admitting that the glossy is indeed glossier then perhaps they expected and that an anti-glare option was warranted due to demand
either way, I'd like to see this as a free option like it use to be
1. they are basically admitting that matte/antiglare is better...if anti-glare=matte then glare=glossy?
2. they are admitting that the glossy is indeed glossier then perhaps they expected and that an anti-glare option was warranted due to demand
either way, I'd like to see this as a free option like it use to be
I would rather an App for my iPhone that allows me to order in fast food drive throughs without having to talk to the people in the speaker. I could just tap on what I want on my phone and then pull up to the window. It could be WiFi, and there could be a 4 digit code on the drive thru menu that changes every few minutes that we enter with our order.
What is with people and avoiding human interaction? That idea literally disgusts me.
I don't know if talking to some unknown teenager barking through a tinny speaker is the type of human interaction worth valuing.
Besides, ordering on your iPhone would save you the pain of having to repeat your order 3 times (by barking back at the tinny speaker) while they still manage to screw your order up.
The idea gets a Thumbs Up from me.
I'm sick and tired of us middle and upper class citizens locking up the poor citizens to serve us all day long. The self checkout at grocery stores was a brilliant step forward in reducing slavery. Next up, we need touch-screen ordering at fast food restaurants (I heard McDonalds is experimenting - essentially, like the self checkout at grocery stores). Then, we need robots to make the fast food so that it is perfect every time and then we won't have to force people to labor in there all day to be our slaves. If you are old enough, you remember the forecasts back in the 1980s that by 2000 robots would be doing all the manual labor and humans wouldn't have to work anymore. As is true of all future projects, they aren't bogus, they are just misaligned. Robots do serve us today and replace manual labor, but not in the way that the sci-fi shows predicted it. For example, my lawn is watered automatically by sprinklers and timers, my air conditioning/heater thermostat is on a timer and turns on every morning. My car gets me to work every day. My coffee pot turns on automatically every morning at 7am. I don't need a butler to make me coffee and water my lawn. BUT that's not where the majority of manual labor is ... it's outside of my home. Okay, let's take a look at factories and construction sites. Factories today, as you can see on the Discovery Channel, are mostly automated by robots. Sure, there are still a few humans, but most of it is automated. At construction sites, electric power tools, tractors, nail guns, products that integrate technology like Quickcrete and laser levels make work much, much easier for workers, and require much less muscle and number of workers than was required 30 years ago. Are we living in a society in which robots do all of the work? Not yet, but we are living in a society in which robots have reduced the work load by 50%, more or less depending on the situation. Have you seen a modern automobile plant? CNC Robots do 100% of the painting and steelwork. As robotics progress, it is very possible that in ten years from now, robots will be doing 90% of all factory work.
Power to the McDonalds touch screen ordering system and the grocery store self checkout!!!
In the future, it is not the size of your muscles but the size of your brain that will keep food on your table. What work is left for humans? Less than 50% of the United States is manual labor today. Take a look at what all of those people do. Those people will have those same jobs, the only change will be that robots will be doing all of the factory and fast food work. Your local bagel shop and your local hair salon will still exist as you know it today. Same with your dentist and all the clothing shops at the mall. There are still tens of millions of jobs that don't involve factory or fast food work.
I admire the philosophy, but at a fast food queue.... drive ins particularly... non-verbal communication may be better efficiency wise, reduces the chance of a screw up.
Um... are you Michael Knight?
Sure, and the rich would gladly support hobbies of the poor for free; surely humans need something to do, if they're not working? If you're smart enough you can clearly see that the "need for robots" equals "the need to cut costs". Rich people think that worker=cost and people=customer. If you're not customer, you're not valuable. If you don't have money, you are not customer, thus not valuable. If you don't work, how would you get money, thus become a valuable customer?
Money tends to stockpile. Those who have it, tend to get it more. Those who don't have it, tend to lose the little they have. All poor people have is their work and if it's taken from them they have nothing.
(totally off-topic, though...)
My thought as well. Seems to be an increasing 'feature' too, unfortunately.
I'm sick and tired of us middle and upper class citizens locking up the poor citizens to serve us all day long. The self checkout at grocery stores was a brilliant step forward in reducing slavery. Next up, we need touch-screen ordering at fast food restaurants (I heard McDonalds is experimenting - essentially, like the self checkout at grocery stores). Then, we need robots to make the fast food so that it is perfect every time and then we won't have to force people to labor in there all day to be our slaves. If you are old enough, you remember the forecasts back in the 1980s that by 2000 robots would be doing all the manual labor and humans wouldn't have to work anymore. As is true of all future projects, they aren't bogus, they are just misaligned. Robots do serve us today and replace manual labor, but not in the way that the sci-fi shows predicted it. For example, my lawn is watered automatically by sprinklers and timers, my air conditioning/heater thermostat is on a timer and turns on every morning. My car gets me to work every day. My coffee pot turns on automatically every morning at 7am. I don't need a butler to make me coffee and water my lawn. BUT that's not where the majority of manual labor is ... it's outside of my home. Okay, let's take a look at factories and construction sites. Factories today, as you can see on the Discovery Channel, are mostly automated by robots. Sure, there are still a few humans, but most of it is automated. At construction sites, electric power tools, tractors, nail guns, products that integrate technology like Quickcrete and laser levels make work much, much easier for workers, and require much less muscle and number of workers than was required 30 years ago. Are we living in a society in which robots do all of the work? Not yet, but we are living in a society in which robots have reduced the work load by 50%, more or less depending on the situation. Have you seen a modern automobile plant? CNC Robots do 100% of the painting and steelwork. As robotics progress, it is very possible that in ten years from now, robots will be doing 90% of all factory work.
Power to the McDonalds touch screen ordering system and the grocery store self checkout!!!
In the future, it is not the size of your muscles but the size of your brain that will keep food on your table. What work is left for humans? Less than 50% of the United States is manual labor today. Take a look at what all of those people do. Those people will have those same jobs, the only change will be that robots will be doing all of the factory and fast food work. Your local bagel shop and your local hair salon will still exist as you know it today. Same with your dentist and all the clothing shops at the mall. There are still tens of millions of jobs that don't involve factory or fast food work.
Sheesh! try splitting all that text up into paragraphs next time...
I read a quarter through.... and the gist I got was that you wanted robots to do all manual labour in future...if that were the case, there'll be even more people out of jobs!
But on the original topic... I love my 13" gloss, and wouldnt want it any other way.
They are on the way to us:
Current Delivery Status Shipment dispatched 14 Aug 2009
Estimated Delivery Date (Subject to change) 20 Aug 2009 (Subject to change)
Who will be the first receiver?
Mine shipped today, and will get here on the 18th
(I paid 15$ extra for fast shipping cause I am impaient, and stuff can be slow to get here since I live in Montana.)Mine shipped today, and will get here on the 18th
My delivery date has been updated:
17.08.2009
Wow that would be super fast. And I did not pay any extra fees.
China - Germany.
Not everyone is as obsessed with colors and textures as those who love their glossy screens. The option to matte the screens is overdue, but appreciated. It's a good start, Apple. Now make the option free and available on all displays you sell, and you'll have succeeded.
We are really lazy arent we? Slaves then Minimum Wage then Robots. WHEN WILL WE STOP???
Matte screen MacBook Pro RECEIVED
Got my matte screen display 15" mbp delivered today.
Interesting to note that the black glass border which is such a prominent display feature on the glossy screen is absent in this model/configuration. I kind of liked that black glass bar surrounding the screen but I'm happy w/ the matte and consider that more important anyway.
I think Apple should probably make mention of the design difference, though...
jonathan
Got my matte screen display 15" mbp delivered today.
Interesting to note that the black glass border which is such a prominent display feature on the glossy screen is absent in this model/configuration. I kind of liked that black glass bar surrounding the screen but I'm happy w/ the matte and consider that more important anyway.
I think Apple should probably make mention of the design difference, though...
jonathan
