I don't really know anything to do with FW so I'll take your word for it.
As mentioned, they not only nixed one FW port on the MBP, they also swapped the FW chipset for an inferior chipset. That inferiour chipset is called the Agere chipset, as opposed to the superior one from Texas Instruments. If you cannot see how that adheres to FW, then you certainly shouldn't be even trying to make an argument that these revisions are all just dandy.
But why would you need a properly calibrated display for audio work?
Personally, I don't need it calibrated. Other pros do. I, however, do not a laptop that doesn't reflect every man and his dog (thank you, for that turn of phrase).
I can't help but think the lack of matte is being greatly over exaggerated by every man and his dog.
Well, this doesn't mean much, coming from someone who suggests lugging an external monitor around to do work in the field.
But it's not the worse possible choice? Going by hands on most say the screen is very good, Crystal clear.
You cannot be for real!?
Going by hands? Are you seriously suggesting that because more people think of something as excellent, then it automatically must be? Going by that notion, MP3s, JPEGs, and crappy hollywood films are the epitomy of quality.
Besides, you're confusing
consumption with
creation. Different needs, different demands. You know, there's a reason Apple is still calling their 15" a "Pro". It's to make belief that it somehow has pro features, that it's "better", even though it's a consumer notebook in a 15" form factor.
Without using it in real world use I just find it baffling people can be so dismissive after seeing it in a
store with several portable sun's inside.
Could it be that some of us have had plenty of experience with glossy screens, that plenty of us have had our share of problems with the Agere chipset? Noooh - the thought!!
Oh, and from a "creative" standpoint (not necessarily "merely" photo editing) a glossy screen IS the worse when compared to a matte. It's just because ignorant consumers tend to fall in love with oversaturation and cannot wait to watch a film in bed we have to settle for such idiocy.
Completely different. If the previous MBP had an amazing screen in it you would have a point but it didn't.
It doesn't matter if it was "amazing" or not. It was BETTER than a glossy. That's all that matters.
It seems every new MBP or mac revision there is some problem with the screens even though actually get better each time,
Define "better", and for the sake of your red herring-argument, back it up with some valid argumentation.
if this forum was anything to go by the screen in the old PB's are better than these ones. That's obviously no the case.
Talk about logical fallacies: You just threw a strawman argumentation for me to bite into. Noone ever said that. However, if I had to choose between the comparitively dim matte PB screens and a glossy bright glassbook screen, I'd go for the former. The reason being that it would get less in the way, allowing me to concentrate on work.
Ill-informed? Maybe but I'm commenting on what I see.
You comment on firewire, yet you know nothing about FW. Your comment on the screens amounted to telling people who works in the field to carry around an extra monitor. Yes, you comment on what you see, but perhaps a little research before you commented would work wonders?
A matte option would have been nice, but it seems more of a case of people having something taken away they are used to.
Sure. I can only imagine this argument also extends to FW: That it doesn't matter if it's there or not, it's just because "we're used to it"
Let me tell you that I have worked on my share of glossy books. I hate it. It makes me concentrate less. Hell, even a glossy desk (as in a physical desk in a room) can be annoying as hell if the sun or sharp lighting hits it just right.
I'm not denying it will properly affect some people but I feel the majority are just sheeping along and repeating what they hear elsewhere when in fact for them, it wouldn't make a blind bit of difference.
You "feel" a lot, don't you? Yet you haven't come up with anything but "feelings", hearsay, projection and guesswork yourself.
