In the 80s, 90s, and early 2000, us professionals used a CRT! The CRT had a GLOSSY SCREEN!!!!! No one bitched about them? Now we have glossy LCD or LED monitors.
So now going back to 90's standards is supposed to be a good thing ?
My CRTs did
not have glossy screens, not the ones I used.
They sucked nonetheless.
So did my printers, scanners and calibration hardware.
Affordable, premium quality pro hardware , as well as high-tier digital photography simply didn't exist in the 90s.
The bar has been raised by a lot in just the past few years.
Before that, it was the Wild Wild West out there, re. digital.
Designers and photographers had no issues with a CRT. Give it up people!
Learn to move on.
Things have moved on, I have moved on, Apple is taking a step back; nowadays, 5-6k buy you a very good desktop machine, a couple of decent displays, an excellent 11x14 printer and proper calibration hardware.
But Apple expects you to use all that with a display that has the same properties as the ones 20 yrs ago, only brighter and with a funny profile for flashy looks ?
Things have changed, my friend, the non-issue of back then is unacceptable today !
And Apple has not given up on the professionals either.
As mentioned above several times, Apple is mainly interested in making money - nothing wrong with that.
But while Apple used to be about form
and function, and eagerly catered to media professionals, they seem to be about the '
i' factor only now.
They sell tons of iPods, iPhones, and iWhatever - more power to them !
Just let a tiny bit of the money made and effort spent trickle down to products for serious users, Apple, will you ?
They have the bucks, they have the skills, and it's not like they have to do it for free, is it ?
In return Steve J. can claim the logo isn't just featured on silly gadgets.
People complain because Apple isn't giving them what they prefer.
Well, that sort of is the point, when their product line is discussed, no ?