Yup. We actually have our Alum. iMac sitting by a window (with the blinds usually closed), but it never gives us trouble. And like you said, much better than a lot of glossy PC screens.
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HALLELUJAH! No more Matte vs. Glossy Threads!
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Yup. We actually have our Alum. iMac sitting by a window (with the blinds usually closed), but it never gives us trouble. And like you said, much better than a lot of glossy PC screens.
You really don't think this new -addition- to the cinema display lineup is meant for pros do you? How often does a photographer need to hear his photos with the built in speakers or use a mic and web cam? I think this display is a nice display for those prosumer down to regular consumers who want a nicer display, but arent too worried about making major color corrections yet still want the felxibility to use it as a desktop display for your games and friends and whatnot. Also, its pretty cheap on the manufacturing end, basically straight from the 24" iMac. If this does come to the whole cinema display lineup when they update them (hopefully in jan), then theres always better choices to choose from, NEC or Eizo as an example.
Lol thanks for backing up for what I previuosly wrote. Two accounts from people who actually used a glass display! Edit your statement to quote mine and say "ditto" below it hehe.
That was just the first, and not terribly well thought out, example he could find to refute my "studios have external displays" argument. Which is why I mentioned the inkjet printer.
You must not have read my posts. I do have a matte screen.
Minor-fail.
Tongue-In-Cheek(tm) comments are immune to Fail-ism!
I bet Apple has been selling loads of matte laptops, the numbers just have been hidden beneath the reflections on Steve's glossy screen!
On a serious note, this is just another reminder of what an ego-driven company Apple is. If Steve likes glossy screens, making slideshows of home photos or home movies, then that's what you'll get at every Apple event. If Steve doesn't like something - matte screens, games on Mac, MMS on iPhone - then it sucks to be you: we don't ask customers what they want, we tell them.
I've been "collecting" websites that do this for future research, thank you for adding another one
thats actually not too bad.
as a photographer this is not the best news no.
as an extreme measure to others I suggest a very fine grain sand paper and see what you can do to get the gloss off the screen...
I was going to jokingly suggest something like this.
Fine by me. Lots of my clients love demos on the glossy displays. They really pop.
Correct calibration, don't face a window = no issues.
I'll bet you can't calibrate it worth a darn (not that you can calibrate a glossy screen all that well either).
You are probably correct, these would address users like me who hate the reflection/glare/etc.
Wow, then what the hell would you do?
No, just "anyone else really hate their screen?" threads
I am seriously annoyed at the lack of matte. I think the new MBP looks great but I think the glossy-only just killed it for me
How are reflections fun or useful or attractive or not-distracting or functional or anything-you-need-from-a-notebook???
Maybe it won't be so bad. Maybe I'll get used to it. Maybe I'll get to the store and play on it and be able to ignore my big face staring back at me from the display from all angles and in every-light-but-pitch-black. (Oh wait, even in pitch black you have the light from the frakking computer beaming your face onto the screen!)
Okay. I need to go to bed. Maybe reflections won't seem so horrendous in the morning.
I am seriously annoyed at the lack of matte. I think the new MBP looks great but I think the glossy-only just killed it for me
How are reflections fun or useful or attractive or not-distracting or functional or anything-you-need-from-a-notebook???
Maybe it won't be so bad. Maybe I'll get used to it. Maybe I'll get to the store and play on it and be able to ignore my big face staring back at me from the display from all angles and in every-light-but-pitch-black. (Oh wait, even in pitch black you have the light from the frakking computer beaming your face onto the screen!)
Okay. I need to go to bed. Maybe reflections won't seem so horrendous in the morning.
Now the question will be: "How can I get my glossy display to be a matte finish?"
Option 1: Find a way to remove the glass and use some duct tape to hold the $^%$ together, haha...
Option 2: Sand Paper.
I think I'll go with a Dell display when I decide to go shop for one. Was looking forward to an ACD with better connection options but the gloss turns me off completely.
True!
Even though they are all monitors, just Apple vs. Samsung vs. Dell vs. Sony, etc.
Is there any objective info on which is more realistic? They say matte is, but I don't see why. Is is because paper has some matte (light scattering) qualities to it, so a matte screen is better for people who are designing stuff that's to be printed? I was thinking maybe matte is more accurate for printed material, but glossy might be closer to real life.
Matte really isn't an option for me, either. Glad I got the last MatteBook generation.
But I hope we can all agree on "no choice sucks" instead of "glossy sucks"? I'm sure some people have good reasons for liking them. There's no reason to be offensive and call them stupid...
I guess my MBP will last another two years at least. I hope the matte option comes back by then... Don't forget to lobby for it. Steve said the top three demands they got were: aluminum, LED and better GPU. Why not make "matte" the new number one? Write to steve@mac.com and sign and spread the petition.
But I hope we can all agree on "no choice sucks" instead of "glossy sucks"? I'm sure some people have good reasons for liking them. There's no reason to be offensive and call them stupid...
I guess my MBP will last another two years at least. I hope the matte option comes back by then... Don't forget to lobby for it. Steve said the top three demands they got were: aluminum, LED and better GPU. Why not make "matte" the new number one? Write to steve@mac.com and sign and spread the petition.
