I must admit I never really noticed before. However my wife has just got a Sony vaio CS laptop and I was amazed at her screen. Its glossy, but doesnt seem to reflect that badly. Running Vista it is 10x better than my macbook pro (matte model) screen. The text is sharper, more defined and easier to read (clear type on). It has however convinced me that my next Mac laptop will have a glossy screen (not the macbook glossy though.. people keep telling me those screens are appalling compared to the air/pro models).
As for the screen shot in this thread... for me, the cleartype version rendered in XP looks better than OSX's natural 'blurry' look.
As for the screen shot in this thread... for me, the cleartype version rendered in XP looks better than OSX's natural 'blurry' look.