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Macbook Pro's Glossy Screen soon to be "phased out"?
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I called a local non-apple computer store for "professionals" recently and they said almost everyone who has pre-ordered the new 17" Macbook Pro ordered it with the matte anti-glare screen and that the glossy screen was for teenagers not professionals and was eventually going to be phased out.
Your Thoughts?
I myself will be purchasing the glossy screen and a the 24" LED glossy screen in the next few weeks....I am not a teenager, but I do like rich blacks and the crisp colors of the glossy.
LOL! I think either you, or the person you talked to, were greatly miss informed... Glossy is here to stay, sadly (in my view atleast).
The thing is, majority of the 17"s are owned by designers who need high resolution screen and portability... and thus why the automatic 1920x1200 hi-res + SSD (to reduce moving parts damage) option available.
While glossy works like a gem at work/home, but when you're out, you're dead, especially when you are shooting photographes using a digitalback. Another reason being matte's "true-to-screen" colors will enable designers to be more correct (sans color profile) in the colors of image they are producing.
While glossy is a gem to look and play with, work comes first.
We all need doles on our table heh
While glossy works like a gem at work/home, but when you're out, you're dead, especially when you are shooting photographes using a digitalback. Another reason being matte's "true-to-screen" colors will enable designers to be more correct (sans color profile) in the colors of image they are producing.
While glossy is a gem to look and play with, work comes first.
We all need doles on our table heh
Eachone with his/her own prefs. - bring on 15" MBP matte screen!
No matter what your preferences are....
Please give us options....capitalize on ALL market segments...
Bring on MATTE OPTION FOR 15" MBP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...and would be nice if not charge more than you already do...
Bring it on!
SOON!
No matter what your preferences are....
Please give us options....capitalize on ALL market segments...
Bring on MATTE OPTION FOR 15" MBP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...and would be nice if not charge more than you already do...
Bring it on!
SOON!
The worst screen Macintosh has ever put out
The new macbook pros screen is the worst screen I have ever used not only is it like looking into a mirror, for critical Photoshop work if you raise your head or lower it even a smidgen the color temperature will change from cool (raise) to warm (lower) move your head an inch and a the screen will go from brownish white all the way to a bluish white I have already sent back 2 computers for the screen gradating that the genie bar themselves labeled DOA go ahead test your own screen put up a solid black desktop and turn the brightness all the way up and give a critical look mainly around the edges but like my second screen it happened dead center so now I am upgrading to the 17 inch with the antiglare if its screen does the same thing I'm going back to a PowerBook.
The new macbook pros screen is the worst screen I have ever used not only is it like looking into a mirror, for critical Photoshop work if you raise your head or lower it even a smidgen the color temperature will change from cool (raise) to warm (lower) move your head an inch and a the screen will go from brownish white all the way to a bluish white I have already sent back 2 computers for the screen gradating that the genie bar themselves labeled DOA go ahead test your own screen put up a solid black desktop and turn the brightness all the way up and give a critical look mainly around the edges but like my second screen it happened dead center so now I am upgrading to the 17 inch with the antiglare if its screen does the same thing I'm going back to a PowerBook.
my 2 cents
Hard to imagine a highly color sensitive professional ever working on a laptop as his primary display. Those professionals, who are every day less common, have an old fashioned and, excuse me if i offend anyone, a wrong idea of what color accuracy is.
Color accuracy is a fallacy and for professionals or casual users alike, it shouldn't have any importance at all. Color perception varies greatly from person to person, that is why color profiles like pantone and euro are completely negated nowadays, for those who are not in the past.
What professional users need is reference. This is accomplished with experience, not color accurate displays. With that in mind you can do fine with a 6bit display glossy or matte, if you know reference. What you need to do is to have a consistent work environment and a good comunication with your print lab (stick with one or two, and KNOW their hardware/software setup)
I bought a mid 2009 MBP , and I agree the glossy display can be a distraction sometimes, and blues and reds are somewhat saturated from the previous display i used, but hey that is a problem of reference...
What really bugs me is that the apple cinema display (advertised as a pro dispay) is glossy only. If glossy can upset some professionals on a MBP, having a pro display only in glossy in downright offensive.
Hard to imagine a highly color sensitive professional ever working on a laptop as his primary display. Those professionals, who are every day less common, have an old fashioned and, excuse me if i offend anyone, a wrong idea of what color accuracy is.
Color accuracy is a fallacy and for professionals or casual users alike, it shouldn't have any importance at all. Color perception varies greatly from person to person, that is why color profiles like pantone and euro are completely negated nowadays, for those who are not in the past.
What professional users need is reference. This is accomplished with experience, not color accurate displays. With that in mind you can do fine with a 6bit display glossy or matte, if you know reference. What you need to do is to have a consistent work environment and a good comunication with your print lab (stick with one or two, and KNOW their hardware/software setup)
I bought a mid 2009 MBP , and I agree the glossy display can be a distraction sometimes, and blues and reds are somewhat saturated from the previous display i used, but hey that is a problem of reference...
What really bugs me is that the apple cinema display (advertised as a pro dispay) is glossy only. If glossy can upset some professionals on a MBP, having a pro display only in glossy in downright offensive.
