went to the apple store yesterday only antiglare on display was 1 17 no 15s. in the past there was a 15.
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glossy vs antiglare vote
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went to the apple store yesterday only antiglare on display was 1 17 no 15s. in the past there was a 15.
this thread claims the ag was scratched by the keyboard
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/920437/
anyone have that experience?
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/920437/
anyone have that experience?
I've been using "ant-glare"/matte screen Apple laptops for about 15 years, and my keyboard has never scratched my display.
I can imagine that when you put a lot of pressure on the top of the screen it'll be pushed onto the keyboard. The Glossy will be protected by the glass, the matte won't. But let's get real. This would be the case with -every- notebook out there, since basically none of them have a glass plate like the Glossy MBPs.
Just buy a proper sleeve or notebook bag and don't pack it too full so there isn't too much pressure on the screen. If you do that, you'll be just fine.
Just buy a proper sleeve or notebook bag and don't pack it too full so there isn't too much pressure on the screen. If you do that, you'll be just fine.
I voted glossy, I love it for movies and photo's etc. I can understand people wanting AG if they use it in an office with fluro lighting etc but mine is for home use and I wouldn't give up the glossy screen. Also AG screens IMO are biatch to clean.
I seems pretty thick. I don't think that you can actually break it by overpacking a bag or putting something pretty heavy on it; only by brute force. In any case, we're talking about usage that isn't normal, so it shouldn't affect the decision on AG vs Glossy.
I'm still trying to make up my mind. No AG or HR screens in any store at reasonable traveling distance here, and going through threads like this I change my decision about 10 times after reading a really positive review for one or the other.
Although often working in an environment without reflective lights, I'm leaning towards AG. Just wish I could see the color difference for movies/pictures, but since it's about 50/50 on these forums, both will be good. And both will be better than my late 2006 black MacBook screen anyway.
AG in a landslide if you move your laptop around like it is designed for.
Glossy requires the right angle of backlight. What A PAIN IN MY .....
i am not into photo editing so i couldn't care less about black blacks
AG hands down is the way to go. I can't believe apple wanted to kill this screen type.
Glossy requires the right angle of backlight. What A PAIN IN MY .....
i am not into photo editing so i couldn't care less about black blacks
AG hands down is the way to go. I can't believe apple wanted to kill this screen type.
I vote glossy, because as many said anti-glare seems a little washed out at times. Also the glossy screen isn't so reflective so I don't get why spend he extra $150 - 250 for a screen that doesn't really do anything useful
just my two cents.
just my two cents.
Finally went for the HR-AG and love it. I didn't realize how much I missed it until I had it back...
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Whether the colour is better on glossy is totally dependent on context. Watching movies, looking at photos and surfing the web (isn't this all most MacBook pro owners do with their hard earned laptops anyway?), glossy is going to look a little bit nicer. Surprised noones mentioned the AG colour accuracy argument yet. While also bogus, (tn panel), a lot is to be said for AG colour. Have designed print work on my pre unibody matte Mbp that the contrast on the new glossy screens makes look awful. It's only because i generally will be using an external screen in the future that I'm even thinking about glossy, but know those reflections will give me a headache at some point.
Whether the colour is better on glossy is totally dependent on context. Watching movies, looking at photos and surfing the web (isn't this all most MacBook pro owners do with their hard earned laptops anyway?), glossy is going to look a little bit nicer. Surprised noones mentioned the AG colour accuracy argument yet. While also bogus, (tn panel), a lot is to be said for AG colour. Have designed print work on my pre unibody matte Mbp that the contrast on the new glossy screens makes look awful. It's only because i generally will be using an external screen in the future that I'm even thinking about glossy, but know those reflections will give me a headache at some point.
some reviews say that the ag is brighter and has better color. in my experience it looks a little washed out.
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I guess it depends on your view of colour. For me, a design student; I'd much rather have a screen that helps me get the colour I need from my printer. The Colour may be worse If we consider vibrant colour to be true colour, but to me, that 'washed out' colour is a much better colour than artificial vibrancy for the purpose I bought my MacBook pro - to work on. Agreed, I get annoyed with the vertical viewing angle on the antiglare unibody. But am buying a new Mbp today or tomorrow. And I don't think washed out colour is any reason to conplain, unless you want to watch movies.
I guess it depends on your view of colour. For me, a design student; I'd much rather have a screen that helps me get the colour I need from my printer. The Colour may be worse If we consider vibrant colour to be true colour, but to me, that 'washed out' colour is a much better colour than artificial vibrancy for the purpose I bought my MacBook pro - to work on. Agreed, I get annoyed with the vertical viewing angle on the antiglare unibody. But am buying a new Mbp today or tomorrow. And I don't think washed out colour is any reason to conplain, unless you want to watch movies.
The same conditions that cause bad reflections, also cause some washing out on an anti-glare surface. On a glossy screen the image of the light source is reflected off the glossy layer, whereas on an anti-glare screen the screen surface itself is illuminated, causing some color wash out, and lightening of blacks. The actual LCD surface is normally not easily visible on a glossy screen. Whether text looks sharp, or slightly fuzzy, on an anti-glare screen, depends on the quality and type of the anti-glare treatment.
In theory, Apple could apply the metallic anti-glare coatings used on CRTs, to the glass on MBPs and iMacs. These coatings cannot be used on plastics.
anti glare all the way.... after looking at the glossy in the apple store for 30 seconds and using my buddy's in a lecture hall, the glare was so brutal from the fluorescent lights i was fed up with it (and almost walked across the street to best buy to pick up a PC 
) anti-glare was the best 100$ upgrade ever for my mbp...
Even for photography, I think the pictures look a lot more 'real' on the AG if you will... Life is not perfectly vivid with the powerful blacks that the Glossy gives. The AG is much more accurate as well for color and printing profiles IMO.
) anti-glare was the best 100$ upgrade ever for my mbp... Even for photography, I think the pictures look a lot more 'real' on the AG if you will... Life is not perfectly vivid with the powerful blacks that the Glossy gives. The AG is much more accurate as well for color and printing profiles IMO.
AntiGlare for me. I was torn so I took a trip to the Apple store to check them out before I made my purchase recently. It was a tough choice even seeing them there side-by-side, but in the end, the AntiGlare looks great and it is nice being able to use it by any window in the house now (where I couldn't do that with my old laptop which had a glossy screen).
anti glare all the way.... after looking at the glossy in the apple store for 30 seconds and using my buddy's in a lecture hall, the glare was so brutal from the fluorescent lights i was fed up with it (and almost walked across the street to best buy to pick up a PC
Even for photography, I think the pictures look a lot more 'real' on the AG if you will... Life is not perfectly vivid with the powerful blacks that the Glossy gives. The AG is much more accurate as well for color and printing profiles IMO.
i do prefer the black boarder
i didn't have much of a choice with the my budget and the fact that i went the 13" route, next time would be hires+anti glare for sure.
I have an apple LED for the days I prefer the glossy look, but in the wild I prefer the antiglare...