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New iPad Pro Rumored to Have Matte Screen Option Like Studio Display's Nano-Texture Glass
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I’m not taking you out of context. I’m just pointing out that graphic artists prefer mat screens.
Reducing reflection does not impact those things. How do I know? Because as a designer I’ve been working with matte finish monitors that have dead accurate color accuracy and dynamic range for decades. If they weren’t accurate we wouldn’t be able to use them for design ops.
So no, I’m not wrong.
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The true question is, when will Apple create something that isn’t a copy? We just have copies of other products. And, NO Apple Vision Pro doesn’t feature “new” technology with the exception of the displays. Remember how Apple sued Samsung for copying the iPhone and won? Apple now is just finding ways on how to copy and not be punished…
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Unless they turn off the blue... This is why "blocking blue" makes this whole claim ridiculous. It kills the color accuracy, and if they really want to reduce blue they can do it by dimming the blue LEDs as they do for Night Shift. Generating blue and then blocking it in the cover glass is useless, inefficient and stupid.
It's not wrong. It depends on how you use your display. A high gloss display kills dynamic range where you get specularities and leaves the rest of the display high contrast. Matte spreads the effect across a larger area and avoids hotspots.
I'm not a graphic artist, but I imagine they can't be bothered to keep moving their heads to get the reflections out of the way of their work-- they want to see the whole display at once. So a matte display used in areas with controlled lighting to minimize washout is probably the right option.
For the rest of us working in brighter ambient conditions and either consuming video or reading a few lines of text at a time, it's better to be able to see the part of the screen we're interested in and we'll move when we need to.
Excellent description. And yes, that’s why designers prefer matte. Glossy displays are LESS accurate than matte, especially when it comes to creating and editing print output.
For anyone who uses the pencil even remotely seriously for working on the iPad, yes. The pencil on the naked screen is horrible. And that’s just one aspect. The benefits of a matte screen for visual arts are plenty.
When they're sick and tired of selling Macbooks, likely. IpadOS is Apple main throttling device on Ipads.
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All the complaining of iPadOS being a "toy OS" or "crippled" or whatever will not obstruct me from enjoying the hell out of the iPad.
Yes I want more power, but it must be more iPadOS power not macOS-on-a-tablet crap.
Now, this nano-display stuff better not compromise durability, otherwise, it's a non-starter for me.
I don't mind the iPad's (spectacular) glossy screen, so I'd have to try it in store to see if I like the textured one.
Yes I want more power, but it must be more iPadOS power not macOS-on-a-tablet crap.
Now, this nano-display stuff better not compromise durability, otherwise, it's a non-starter for me.
I don't mind the iPad's (spectacular) glossy screen, so I'd have to try it in store to see if I like the textured one.
Uh…that nano texture is extremely delicate, worse than the oleophobic coating on the MacBook retina displays. MacBooks get permanent smudges on the display just from opening and closing the lid too many times. How exactly would this work with a touch screen?
Why would something called MacOS be on a non Mac device? Wishful thinking. Apple would lose sales of MacBooks if people did get it on a cheaper device
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But in iPad it is indeed kinda useless. We need MacOS on iPad. I’m still holding tight to my M1 12.9 Pro incase this becomes a reality. Other than that its just easier to use iPad Mini than fumble with a 12.9 inch iPhone.
I actually love Stage Manager and keep it on at all times…. on MacOS. Its kind of like having desktop spaces, except you can see whats going with the open windows at all times, like if a new message pops up, or your rendering is done, and its easy to multitask than desktop spaces.
But in iPad it is indeed kinda useless. We need MacOS on iPad. I’m still holding tight to my M1 12.9 Pro incase this becomes a reality. Other than that its just easier to use iPad Mini than fumble with a 12.9 inch iPhone.
Because Mac is a marketing term and can applied to anything Apple wants to apply it to.
Thanks for taking the time to contribute your viewpoint. As a video editor I can tell you that matte screens compromise both both brightness and resolution. I work with no lighting behind me and much prefer the full glass experience.
You’re a designer, why would Apple have to rewrite the entire UI for macOS to be touch friendly…when they’ve already made an OS from the ground up around that UX paradigm?
No headphone jack, no dice. This thing's best application is as a media-consumption device, and Apple removed its audio output.
Straight-up stupid.
Straight-up stupid.
Because a touchscreen UI must be dumbed down and blown up, with giant buttons and plenty of whitespace because your fingertip is an imprecise and crude pointing tool and your hand blocks your view of the UI that you're using.
Touchscreen computers are a dumb idea for that reason, in addition to the fact that computers already have touch-based controllers. Those controllers move a precise cursor that affords you the ability to manipulate a far-more-complex or rich UI without blocking the view of what you're doing.
And finally: Waving your hands in front of you all day would be a crappy way to work. Thus the utter failure of companies seeking to build a Minority Report UI.
This is the Apple that made self destructing keyboards and black MacBooks that come pre-chipped right out of the box, so if this rumor carries any weight then it would be a grave mistake to assume they’ve properly considered wear & tear. Approach with extreme caution ⚠️