SO ANYWAYS, yea I definately hope they put C2Ds in the MacBooks and they give buyers an option in choosing the type of screen they want...I would sell my MBP in a heartbeat. That's only the real reason why I got a MBP - because of the matte. Maybe Apple knows this and doesn't want to give us an option..nooooooooooooooooo.
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MacBook w/ Matte Screen?
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If you are a pro working with photos, or a not so pro, matte or glossy shouldn't be a problem for color choice. Seriously, are you going to fully trust apple with your work? The matte screens are good, but every screen is different and you will need to do a real color balance on the screen with something similar to a spider that can read the color temp and balance. Once done, either screen will be accurate, though the ultimate range slightly better on one or the other, depending on what colors are filtered by the screen, but I doubt it. If you want to know why this might be, post up but I guess most people won't care about the technicals.
The choice between the two screens should be based on where you expect to use it, and who might see the information on your screen. Personally I am a bit torn as I work with proprietary info and a matte screen is a better idea for making it slightly harder for others to see. Then again I travel extensively and there are plenty of times where I want to watch a movie on my screen, and the matte on my thinkpad just doesn't have enough of a contrast ratio.
Hopefully the new MBP, when it is released, will have a high res, high contrast ratio, high bit depth screen vs the standard lcd we all have come to know and love (0-255 vs 0-65536 per color) which would be better for blu-ray and hd-dvd. With both a matte and glossy option, of course!
The choice between the two screens should be based on where you expect to use it, and who might see the information on your screen. Personally I am a bit torn as I work with proprietary info and a matte screen is a better idea for making it slightly harder for others to see. Then again I travel extensively and there are plenty of times where I want to watch a movie on my screen, and the matte on my thinkpad just doesn't have enough of a contrast ratio.
Hopefully the new MBP, when it is released, will have a high res, high contrast ratio, high bit depth screen vs the standard lcd we all have come to know and love (0-255 vs 0-65536 per color) which would be better for blu-ray and hd-dvd. With both a matte and glossy option, of course!
alFR said:The irony of you criticising IE vs i.e. when you can't spell "believe" (or capitalise "I") is too much. Thanks for the laugh.
Jesus Christ let it go. Those people who were giving me crap, no hard feelings, we all come on here for fun and information. And i didnt mean anything personal by the retards liking shiny objects comment. So anyway im sorry if your sorry, shake on it? "Timmy!"
The point demonstrated once again in this thread is that you shouldn't criticize spelling/grammar on the web if you make mistakes yourself. Let others' mistakes go by and yours won't be pointed out, either. I'm sure there are plenty of actual Master's-holding, English-teaching snobs who don't bother to carefully check everything they type in forums or email. I've never found these types of people to be overly anal about anything "unofficial". Now, accountants like me, OTOH....CaptainCaveMann said:Jesus Christ let it go. Those people who were giving me crap, no hard feelings, we all come on here for fun and information. And i didnt mean anything personal by the retards liking shiny objects comment. So anyway im sorry if your sorry, shake on it? "Timmy!"
And just a tip to the Captain: calling someone or a group of people "retard" will always be taken as offensive. Which is why the, um...spelling lessons began in the first place. Saying something offensive will also start up petty comments about spelling or something useless. Perhaps you could invent an actual joke next time.
(but "ie" without the periods is an accepted usage for the Latin abbreviation, although it should be in small case)
JAT said:
Get over it dude, and where did you get that im a English teacher? Haha i have a degree in Business Finance not English.
lol. u all be funny. whu u all use propr gramer?????!!11alFR said:The irony of you criticising IE vs i.e. when you can't spell "believe" (or capitalise "I") is too much. Thanks for the laugh.
I don't mind the glossy screen (Its not as bad as some people let on to be) but if I had the choice I'd take it in the matte finish...