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Retina MacBook Pro Users Complain of Anti-Reflective Display Coating Wearing Off
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What a ridiculous comment. Wow, that's quality right there. That's exactly what I would expect to do with a luxury product.
It's like saying if your new car's paint starts flaking off with normal use, just go at it and strip the entire car down.
The screen is glass, not plastic. It has a plastic coating just as a lot of eye glasses do.
Why are you people not getting that I'm referring specifically to the coating?
Nor does "a couple dozen retina MacBook Pros", for that matter. Doesn't take a genius to figure that one out.
Use meguiars PlastX to remove the coating, and display is scratch free again, but anti reflective coating is gone then
There are three rules to owning a MacBook:
(1) no bright lights
(2) don't get it wet
(3) NEVER EVER feed it after midnight, no matter how much it begs!
They needed to recall the damn screens to begin with. Exploding pixels, image retention, screen coating peeling, mara spots. They are ****. So bad I replaced my LCD myself and got a revision 2 LG screen without any issues.
Had this on my mid 2012 rMBP after replacing an LG panel with ghosting problems with a 2013 Samsung one, no i don't have ghosting in the panel, but ON it
PS I have only used plain water and apple microfibre for cleaning (which i have done two or three times and already have the AR coating wearing off)
Oh no! I did the same having my panel replaced with the better Samsung one. Hope this doesn't happen.
I usually baby my stuff. For my MacBooks, I never touch the display if I can help it. Sometimes when opening or adjusting the display I touch the edges. I just lightly wipe with a camera-optics grade microfiber cloth (non-abrasive). I never use chemicals for any reason. To keep dust off of the display, when I'm not using it and it's on my desk, I'll close it down to half an inch. The display is closed enough that it goes off, so it doesn't collect dust and doesn't come close to touching the greasy keyboard. Although my rMBP does a much better job than previous models at mitigating grease to screen transfer.
Am I to understand the micro fiber cloth and lens cleaning solution provided with my eyeglasses will damage the AR coating on an Apple laptop? The coating on my eyeglasses comes from Crizal. Maybe Apple is using something of dubious quality? Not Apple....
DO NOT ever use water. That's the stupidest thing Apple could have said. Tap water is full of limescale, chlorine and dirt that will instantly settle on the smooth surface and remain stuck to it once the water evaporates, just like your bathroom taps. Impossible to remove without some strong corrosive limescale remover. Not to mention it will take any dirt that's already on the screen, dilute it, and allow it to bond to the screen once it dries.
Use a dry, clean, microfiber cloth after blowing the screen with an air blower to remove as much dust as possible. I often just breathe onto the screen and wipe it gently to remove anything really stuck, but be super gentle and clean it as little as possible.
Anti glare coatings do often come off easily because microfiber clothes can create too much friction if you rub too hard. It was the case with many CRT displays too, I learned the hard way. The glass is coated with various materials and those materials are not as hard as glass.
Use a dry, clean, microfiber cloth after blowing the screen with an air blower to remove as much dust as possible. I often just breathe onto the screen and wipe it gently to remove anything really stuck, but be super gentle and clean it as little as possible.
Anti glare coatings do often come off easily because microfiber clothes can create too much friction if you rub too hard. It was the case with many CRT displays too, I learned the hard way. The glass is coated with various materials and those materials are not as hard as glass.
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I see Apples legendary quality control strikes again then... I know Apple blames it's suppliers for everything, but when your entire device range has 'issues' then at what point do you stop blaming someone else and look at yourself eh?
If they all concentrated on the quality control as much as the fit and finish then all would be good no?
If they all concentrated on the quality control as much as the fit and finish then all would be good no?
Same exact problem, would love to hear a follow up when Apple responds.
Late 2012, Macbook Pro Retina 13". Daily use & carrying it to work daily. I think the screen pressures onto the keyboard and removes the coating. The thicker line is the exact area that lies between the trackpad and spacebar. It was always carried inside an extra crumpler notebook sleeve.
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When the screen is on and you use a normal viewing-angle, you will barely notice it, only when there is sun and you watch from the sides it is annoying.
Had the PowerBook 12", Macbook Air 13" First Gen and now this one. Never had any problems. Until now
I am a Photographer, so I always used the micro-fibre cleaning cloth that I use for my lenses. I doubt that cleaning has anything to do with the problem. It is just the keyboard pressuring on the display.
Late 2012, Macbook Pro Retina 13". Daily use & carrying it to work daily. I think the screen pressures onto the keyboard and removes the coating. The thicker line is the exact area that lies between the trackpad and spacebar. It was always carried inside an extra crumpler notebook sleeve.
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When the screen is on and you use a normal viewing-angle, you will barely notice it, only when there is sun and you watch from the sides it is annoying.
Had the PowerBook 12", Macbook Air 13" First Gen and now this one. Never had any problems. Until now
I am a Photographer, so I always used the micro-fibre cleaning cloth that I use for my lenses. I doubt that cleaning has anything to do with the problem. It is just the keyboard pressuring on the display.
Same treatment here, on my any imacs and macbook or iphone ipad so on any screen i use microfiber and i spray water on the microfiber AND not directly on the screen. And after years no problem. So i suggest don't put water directly on the screen. And before i clean the screen every time i blow the most dust.
Class action law suit from people that haven't even attempted to resolve the issue with Apple in 1, 2, 3....
Nor does "a couple dozen retina MacBook Pros", for that matter. Doesn't take a genius to figure that one out.
True
I'm actually running by my old store today, I'll ask some of my friends if they have encountered this.
My main point is to slow down before jumping to conclusions. More often than not these stories will be sensationalized and before you know it everyone is looking for even the most minor defects with their Macs. The "sky is falling" effect.
Case in point, the MacBook Air SSD issue last year. Before Apple opened the REP it seemed like the internet was sure that EVERY MacBook Air would have an SSD failure. It was a sure thing, etc. Again, I had the same position. The several dozen MacBook Airs under my car hadn't (now that I think about it, still haven't) shown any signs of SSD failures.
(shrugs) It is what it is.
