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Matte Display = Grey not black Bezel?

Oh wow

The black keys and the black strip on the screen bevel make it look really bad.
 
Here's a full shot..

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I just read through this thread...wow. So let me get this right, the people who wanted a matte display on the MBP got it and are now bitching about the bezel being aluminum?
Nice.
 
uiop. said:
I just read through this thread...wow. So let me get this right, the people who wanted a matte display on the MBP got it and are now bitching about the bezel being aluminum?
Nice.
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Most don't really like the color scheme of the anti-glare option. That's why I'm considering going the TechRestore route which gives a matte screen yet the black remains.
 
Hmmm....it's a mystery to me. Everybody liked the MBA, everybody liked the Titanium Powerbook (it's even at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) and now everybody wants that ugly black bezel. Go figure.
 
uiop. said:
I just read through this thread...wow. So let me get this right, the people who wanted a matte display on the MBP got it and are now bitching about the bezel being aluminum?
Nice.
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My original point was about the increasingly hotch potch way in which what was originally intended as aesthetic unity is being broken with all this back tracking
 
Dudes, we've been using the word 'matte' but from the pics I can't tell if it's matte or just the prev gen glossy screen with an antiglare coating on it. From this pic it looks like the glossy screen to me.

When Apple offered the C2D mbp with glossy finish back in 2006 after the intel switch, people had a fit about this new 'glossy' screen. And now we're calling that same screen 'matte'?

It's not matte, it's glossy!! It just doesn't have glass on top and it has an anti glare coating. But (from the pics I've seen) it doesn't diffuse light. If not, IT'S NOT MATTE!!
 

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SmokyD said:
Dudes, we've been using the word 'matte' but from the pics I can't tell if it's matte or just the prev gen glossy screen with an antiglare coating on it. From this pic it looks like the glossy screen to me.

When Apple offered the C2D mbp with glossy finish back in 2006 after the intel switch, people had a fit about this new 'glossy' screen. And now we're calling that same screen 'matte'?

It's not matte, it's glossy!! It just doesn't have glass on top and it has an anti glare coating. But (from the pics I've seen) it doesn't diffuse light. If not, IT'S NOT MATTE!!
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err... smoky... what are you umm... smoking~~?

at an extreme enough angle any surface no matter how rough turns into a mirror...

I'm sitting in front of a 17" MBP right now, with matte screen, and if I look at it from an angle like that in the photo, its just as shiny if not more...

Silly silly you...

edit: Also, lol @ your "diffuse light" comment. Mine diffuses the said light so well that that any bright light (including gasp! the sun) turns the screen into a white blurry blob on which you cant' see anything at all... Hence the reason why I want a glossy display when I upgrade, atleast on it you can see something even with the lights turned on...
 
err, buddy inkmaster, you are quite condescending. How old are you, 12? Maybe you don't know the diff between a matte and a glossy screen. I'm not saying the new antiglare option is definitely the glossy screen from the prev gen, but it does look that way.

I'm just trying to clear up a misconception. Anti-glare is not matte. Matte screens diffuse light and are rough to the touch. Glossy screens are smooth, even with a coating on them. As for the anti-glare option on the new mbp, I can't tell for sure, but it looks like the glossy screen to me. Perhaps someone who has seen one in person can clarify.

If you don't know the difference between matte screen vs a glossy screen with an anti-glare coating on it, it's you who's smokin something.:D
 
It's matte. Even my early 2008 matte MBP looks shiny at that angle. Furthermore the article from which the photo is taken is italian (as am I) and it clearly says "a normal matte screen". No reason to not trust them.
 
man this forum confuses me. people are complaining hell about the black border. now that the matte option has a silver bezel, people are complaining about that too.

i hate this forum...
 
sukanas said:
man this forum confuses me. people are complaining hell about the black border. now that the matte option has a silver bezel, people are complaining about that too.

i hate this forum...
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It's called the Internet...you would be hard pressed to find a forum(or site) that does not act this way.
 
Yeah, it's a forum of whiners. I was one of them regarding the glossy display of the MBP to the point that a bought a classic one. To me the matte 17" MBP looks very cool.
 
thiagos said:
If the keys were silver (silver bezel and silver keys), yes it would have been stunning. With the keys being black and having the silver bezel, it is definitely not my cup of tea, I would keep the black bezel.
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See this is the situation:

The new macbooks get cursed and ranted against by many for their new looks, the black bezel and chicklet black keys.

If the new macbooks had kept the old bezel and keyboard, people would bitch that all apple did was make the top case more curved and the new trackpad.

Its like they can't win no matter what they do.
 
sukanas said:
man this forum confuses me. people are complaining hell about the black border. now that the matte option has a silver bezel, people are complaining about that too.
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Agreed...I'm really glad I'm not a product designer for Apple. I think I might have an emotional breakdown from reading this forum.
 
One Odd Thing

There's one thing that strikes me a bit odd.

The new matte option clearly is pretty much the old design with no glass.
But it retained the rubber lip around the screen for a tight seal when closed.

That rubber seal is still black - as with the glossy screen.
However, the MacBook Air, the only other non-glass-front laptop has a gray seal!

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This is clearly a design inconsistency.

And probably the reason why some people think the matte screen option looks odd.
It looks odd, because it is odd! The seal should be gray like with the MacBook Air.

Probably also proves the point that the matte option on the 17" MBP was a hacked afterthought, rather than a conscious design decision.
 
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