Law School: Glossy or Matte screen???

[Achiever]

As a practicing lawyer I can tell you that the screen type will make no difference. My MBP happens to be matte, but it wouldn't affect my practice if it were glossy.

That said, my advice to the OP and Yoppie would be to go to business school, dental school, undertaker school, house painting school or ANYTHING else you can conceive of. Law school sucks and practicing law is even worse. Get out while you can. Perhaps this deserves it's own post.....

 

[Manatee]

I have a matte MacBook Pro and a glossy MacBook Air. For watching videos I prefer the glossy, but for reading I prefer the matte. You do see reflections in the glossy screen, and I think it contributes to eye strain and I find it distracting. It's not a major problem, but if given the choice, I prefer the matte finish.

 

[K-Funk]

If you're like most law students, you'll use your laptop to take notes in class. Personally, I've had some issues with glare when using a glossy screen in the classroom. But it probably just depends on how the lighting in the room is set up. So my answer is, I don't know.

 

[Santa Rosa]

I have a matte MacBook Pro and a glossy MacBook Air. For watching videos I prefer the glossy, but for reading I prefer the matte. You do see reflections in the glossy screen, and I think it contributes to eye strain and I find it distracting. It's not a major problem, but if given the choice, I prefer the matte finish.

You have exactly all the same kit I do lol

Definately go for the MATTE. No doubt about it. Manatee lays it out straight for you there, exactly what I would say as well.

 

[K-Funk]

That said, my advice to the OP and Yoppie would be to go to business school, dental school, undertaker school, house painting school or ANYTHING else you can conceive of. Law school sucks and practicing law is even worse. Get out while you can. Perhaps this deserves it's own post.....

I thought law school was fun. Being a lawyer, on the other hand, wasn't so great, so I went back to school to do graduate economics, and it's a million times worse than law school. I'm probably going to go back to being a lawyer, just so I can pay off my grad school loans!

 

[gwsat]

As a practicing lawyer I can tell you that the screen type will make no difference. My MBP happens to be matte, but it wouldn't affect my practice if it were glossy.

That said, my advice to the OP and Yoppie would be to go to business school, dental school, undertaker school, house painting school or ANYTHING else you can conceive of. Law school sucks and practicing law is even worse. Get out while you can. Perhaps this deserves it's own post.....

That sounds like what my father , who was also a lawyer, said when I first told him that I thought I’d like to go to law school. He said, “Why would you want to do that?”

I went to law school, anyway and enjoyed it. I also mostly enjoyed the law practice, although it was often very demanding. Anyway, I’ve never looked back. Satchel Paige said it best, “Never look back ‘cause somethin’ might be gainin’ on you.