HALLELUJAH! No more Matte vs. Glossy Threads!

[MowingDevil]

Daisy-chaining has to work for audio or I'm out the question as a customer.
I've got a 800 HD and a 400 audio interface that better work.

 

[hellfire88]

I love my matte 15" mbp, and was going to get my sister a new MBP assuming they has matte again. Guess not 🙁.

 

[soms]

No I'll just buy a PC for photo editing now. Problem solved. Thanks Apple

 

[djellison]

Engadget
"Of course, the glare of the glass screen is a MAJOR issue for us, and will be pretty much forever. There's just no way we'll be able to love it, so our eyes will be peeled for after-market add-ons to cut that down a bit."

 

[Queso]

A lot of photographers aren't going to like this.

I suspect Photoshop for Mac sales to seriously tail off over the next couple of years. Apple just killed any reason for photo or graphics studios to choose the Mac over Windows.

Sales-wise they obviously think they can easily cope, but personally I think that's a bad call, and one that will bite them in the arse eventually.

However, looking on the bright side. If you have the previous gen MBP with a matte screen, you'll get one hell of a premium should you wish to flog it on eBay 🙂

 

[soms]

When I do upgrade from my current MBP I will not be getting another Apple unless they have added matte back to them. Otherwise I'm heading towards Lenovo.

 

[ceehjayem]

The fact that no matte screen is a deal breaker for me. Just for that reason, I will keep my Penryn Macbook Pro.

 

[darngooddesign]

check out the glare on the images that gizmodo took. I would never buy a notebook that had glare like this. On the new macbook, the glare is more dominant than the actual screen image. That just stinks. www.gizmodo.com

Of course that only matters if do nothing besides photograph your laptop.

 

[markrivers]

Remembering Matte

WE all heard the sad news today..
WE saw in our own eyes.. the passing of a Co-Worker..
Let All whose lives were directly or indirectly touched by "Matte",
pay their respects.. one last time.

Mr Glossy won the War...(by sleeping with Steve )😀
who decided that watching porn is BETTER than editing photos

For all the Matte Faithfuls...
he may no longer be with us... but his legacy will always be remembered

Good Bye Matty

 

[Michael CM1]

We'll always remember matte when we take a look at his evil step-brother, glare. Matte always had nothing to do with glare, but they did have this twisted relation. Now that glare has killed matte, we have to accept glare and try to go on. We may be blinded by the past (or maybe that's just the glare of using a glass screen with the G-D sun behind you), but surely there might be a future.


WTF APPLE? ARE YOU GUYS IN-EFFIN-SANE?

 

[KingYaba]

My machine still lives. Matted screen and all.

 

[thedarkhorse]

I remember a time when pro meant professional, and not prosumer.

 

[ntrigue]

I agree; I hate my glossy display. I don't like the reflections it gives under certain lighting conditions.

It wasn't until you spoke that I remembered this MBA is glossy. I saw a 2 inch reflection in the corner and rotated my seat and MBA 10 degrees and forgot I'm on glossy again.

 

[darngooddesign]

I suspect Photoshop for Mac sales to seriously tail off over the next couple of years. Apple just killed any reason for photo or graphics studios to choose the Mac over Windows...

That's some funny stuff right there. Studios buy desktops and external displays. in fact, if you are at all serious about photography, design and web you have an external display; problem solved.

Glossy isn't going to change anything.

 

[costabunny]

Ill just be glad to see no more 'matte' Ahem!!!!!

it's matt folks 🙂

 

[RobLS]

I would have to check it out in stores. Pictures can be misleading, especially with these new glass for glossy displays. I had one of the newer iMacs with glass and I had it in various locations, a slightly darker room with a window, a room with connecting rooms that had windows, and a room that had windows all around. I didn't notice the glare much at all, especially with how bright it was. The only time I would notice the glare is if I'm not directly working on it, like viewing it from an extreme angle. Always when I've been working on it though glare has not been an issue. So until I really look at these in the real world, I will hold my judgement. As for old glossys that many people relate to, yeah those should be burned in hell, had a 'glossy' laptop once and i got rid of it within the year. Right now I'm on a macbook pro matte, so i've covered it all 😛.

 

[soms]

Man I'm going to be seriously pissed if my MBP matte display fails and I need it repaired an all they have then is glossy. 😡

 

[Queso]

That's some funny stuff right there. Studios buy desktops and external displays. in fact, if you are at all serious about photography, design and web you have an external display; problem solved.

Glossy isn't going to change anything.

Photographers in the field would most likely disagree.

 

[darngooddesign]

Photographers in the field would most likely disagree.

And, for the most part, they aren't doing final color correction either.

 

[xUKHCx]

That's some funny stuff right there. Studios buy desktops and external displays. in fact, if you are at all serious about photography, design and web you have an external display; problem solved.

Glossy isn't going to change anything.

You mean like the new 24" Apple display, oh yeah right whoops glossy too.

 

[darngooddesign]

You mean like the new 24" Apple display, oh yeah right whoops glossy too.

Yeah, don't buy that one for color correction. Apple sells small inkjets, would you buy those for color proofing?

 

[whooleytoo]

I'm happy that I don't have to see 50 posts per day about which is better.

If you had a matte screen, you WOULD be able to see them! 😉

p.s. if you think this is the end of the matte v glossy threads, I think you're quite mistaken!

 

[andrewdale]

Ill just be glad to see no more 'matte' Ahem!!!!!

it's matt folks 🙂

Actually, it's pretty much either.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matte[1]

lacking or deprived of luster or gloss

or

http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=matt

not reflecting light; not glossy

 

[andrewdale]

If you had a matte screen, you WOULD be able to see them! 😉

p.s. if you think this is the end of the matte v glossy threads, I think you're quite mistaken!

You must not have read my posts. I do have a matte screen.

Minor-fail. 😉

 

[theLimit]

Now I'm glad I got the last "pro" MBP. I wonder what I can get for a MBP with a matte screen, the good keyboard, and two FW ports... Once the refurbs run out, of course.

I do think that the newer glass screens on the iMacs are leaps and bounds better than a typical glossy display. I had a Windows laptop with a glossy display that I thought was great until I tried to use it outside at lunch time. I sold it within a year. My family members own HP and Gateway laptops with glossy screens so bad that they have to close the blinds to use them indoors in the daytime. I'd like to see one of the new glass screened MacBooks outside at midday before I make up my mind on whether I love or hate it.