and you can confirm your "facts" how? any proof or articles or reports? don't think so.
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Mac Pro Vs. Macbook Pro
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and you can confirm your "facts" how? any proof or articles or reports? don't think so.
Search the forum for when the glossy displays were first introduced (either in the macbooks or macbook pros)
I can sympathize entirely! I was in the same spot you're in now. I bought a top-of-the-line PowerBook G4, excited about the portability. And the portability did pay off to an extent. But after a while I found that I kept it permanently tethered to my desk with a plethora of cables hanging off it, with an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse attached. It was a good machine anyway and I stuck with it until it was time to upgrade. There was absolutely no doubt in my mind about buying a Mac Pro. The iMacs are too limiting. I already have 3 hard drives and just popped in 4 more GB of RAM, with a new video card on its way (though that decision came about in an unfortunate way — thankfully I kept my PBG4 as a backup machine).
I also used the lame "I'll be a pro someday" excuse for buying the Mac Pro while still in college — but I stand by my claim of the iMac being too limiting. Even with school work I made use of a fair amount of its power. Although I'm not making money from it, it's been well worth it for all the things it's enabled me to do, and it will last longer.
Well, I could have told you back when those G5s came out there was going to be problems with the liquid cooling.
And irrelevant to the Mac Pro since it doesn't use that. But I understand the point you were making.
apfhexx: thanks for sympathizing! haha Popping in 3 hard drives just gets me all tingly and excited lol..but yeah..waiting until the need to upgrade like what sushi said makes perfect sense and i am going to try and follow it. It's hard with Apple stuff though..very hard.
Ok guys, enough with the glossy vs. matte debate. It's no understatement that the topic has been debated about hundreds of times on this forum.
By the way: I found the wikipedia article on matte displays quite bias!
The way I see things, glossy and matte is really up to the individual's preference. That's really all that matters, one may be better than the other at certain things etc. but what does that matter? As long as it is good for you is what matters. Not what is good for you is necessarily good for someone else.
Take me for example. I wouldn't want a glossy cinema display, and love the matte on mine. I however chose to get a glossy macbook pro.
Popping in 3 hard drives just gets me all tingly and excited lol..but yeah..waiting until the need to upgrade like what sushi said makes perfect sense and i am going to try and follow it. It's hard with Apple stuff though..very hard.Ok guys, enough with the glossy vs. matte debate. It's no understatement that the topic has been debated about hundreds of times on this forum.
By the way: I found the wikipedia article on matte displays quite bias!
The way I see things, glossy and matte is really up to the individual's preference. That's really all that matters, one may be better than the other at certain things etc. but what does that matter? As long as it is good for you is what matters. Not what is good for you is necessarily good for someone else.
Take me for example. I wouldn't want a glossy cinema display, and love the matte on mine. I however chose to get a glossy macbook pro.
Alright I agree, it should be discussed in another thread anywayapfhexx: thanks for sympathizing! haha
Ok guys, enough with the glossy vs. matte debate. It's no understatement that the topic has been debated about hundreds of times on this forum.
By the way: I found the wikipedia article on matte displays quite bias!
The way I see things, glossy and matte is really up to the individual's preference. That's really all that matters, one may be better than the other at certain things etc. but what does that matter? As long as it is good for you is what matters. Not what is good for you is necessarily good for someone else.
Take me for example. I wouldn't want a glossy cinema display, and love the matte on mine.
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Alright I agree, it should be discussed in another thread anyway
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I believe in freedom of speech though..so go ahead if you want to
Why do you dislike the glossy so much anyways tuffluffjimmy? Are you old skool? Or have you had to use it once and the glare was so bad.
I believe in freedom of speech though..so go ahead if you want to
Why do you dislike the glossy so much anyways tuffluffjimmy? Are you old skool? Or have you had to use it once and the glare was so bad.
My only computer is a Macbook and it suites me just fine, glossy screen and all. What I hate about it is the poor reproduction of color (me being a bit of a hobby photographer) It doesn't matter too much since I couldn't really use a laptop screen for photo editing, since they're only 6 bit. I have to hook my computer up to an external display with an 8 bit panel. What I'm a little upset about though is I planned to get an iMac, but they don't give a choice about glossy or matte, I just have to get glossy. So now I have to do a two monitor set up to have one matte display.
agreed the macbook's glossy screen is bad for any serious photography work. But then again it's 13" so external monitor is the clever choice.
You should see the glossys on the air and mbp though..they're much nicer
They still have the same issue I'm complaining about. I love the Air and Macbook Pro screen, but given the choice I would always choose matte.
Glad to have been of help.No wonder you're a mac rumors demi-god. That made perfect sense for me. Thank you.
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My life...
- 12" PowerBook for ultraportablility
- 15.4" MBP for power and main computer
- 17" iMac for a work machine - though want to swap for ACD
- MacMini at home for a media centre
- 20" ACD for the MBP when at home, though I may keep the mini attached to it....
I guess you didn't read the Wikipedia article but it says this:
Disadvantages said:
So no, they are not more natural than matte.
Agree.
I was looking at an MBA, but disliked the glossy screen. So now I have a MBP 15 with 4GB of RAM and 500GB HD. Sweet.
When looking at the MBA, I was thinking of an MBA and new desktop (iMac or Mac Pro). Sure glad that I went with the MBP instead of a desktop (iMac or Mac Pro) and MBA. Now I have everything in one place which is handy for my scatter brain.
I'm kind of in the same boat. I have a Windows PC for gaming, but when I want to work with Aperture on my MBP i have to unhook everything (kb, mouse, monitor, network, +firewire drives), and it's just a pain really. I have considered moving my Gaming PC somewhere else and just getting a Mac Pro + ACD to use as my main workstation...I could even do some light gaming on it.