Then there is hope.
BTW, do you ever see smudges on the screen lining up with the keys where they would touch when you close the mac?
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Retina MacBook Pro Users Complain of Anti-Reflective Display Coating Wearing Off
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Then there is hope.
BTW, do you ever see smudges on the screen lining up with the keys where they would touch when you close the mac?
This is what I was wondering. If it plagues the iMacs then you can blame the coating (assuming it's the same stuff, oddly detailed on the iMac page but not the rMBP page) not the keys.
Not defending APL or anything but they, um, do provide a cloth.
I'm sure Apple will acknowledge the issue - at some point - like the soldering issues / graphic issues in MacBook Pro 2011!
A little patience is required
Yep. 4 years of good old patience.
Okay since I might be silly enough to buy a 15" MBP once the skylake refresh happens later this year (despite all my previous MBP hardware issues), what products do people actually recommend to avoid this problem? Someone mentioned isaver2, another mentioned use of screen protectors. Any other solutions?
I was replying to the comment "Should've stuck with the matte screen option, instead of this plastic piece of crap."
Never mentioned the coating.
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I'm not convinced any product is going to help you. Mine did it all around the edges...my keys don't touch as I never see key marks. I think some just have a bad application of the coating and over time it and stress it starts to flake. Simple as that.
A cloth to clean the screen - not to cover the keyboard and trackpad from damaging the screen.
A but different. Unless that cloth can cover the entire keyboard?
I think it's not related to the keyboard keys because it starts at the border of the display, where there is enough distance with keys.
Only a year later it appears at the center of the display.
Moreover there is a plastic gap around the edges of the display.
I've cleaned it with a moistened cloth and then I've wiped it with another one.
Only a year later it appears at the center of the display.
Moreover there is a plastic gap around the edges of the display.
I've cleaned it with a moistened cloth and then I've wiped it with another one.
The way the coating is stepping aside to frame all the gorgeous and
magnificent works you are creating on your Apple MacBooks is turning
each and every Apple MacBook into a manifestation of your personality.
With an unique and distinctive design, the iScreen is expressing
your individuality and infinite imagination.
Express your vision and thoughts in a new way.
magnificent works you are creating on your Apple MacBooks is turning
each and every Apple MacBook into a manifestation of your personality.
With an unique and distinctive design, the iScreen is expressing
your individuality and infinite imagination.
Express your vision and thoughts in a new way.
The oils from my skin have worn off the keyboard's coating for three laptop in a row, dating back to 2007. That 2007 laptop had its aluminum coating wear off, but my latest MacBook Air seems good in that department (true aluminum body, not a coating).
The keyboards develop larger clear spots where the backlight shows through.
I've never seen the screen be affected first-hand yet, but now I'll be more careful about touching the screen's surface, as I believe skin oils are corrosive. This may explain why the screen making contact with the keyboard has cause the problem for some users.
The keyboards develop larger clear spots where the backlight shows through.
I've never seen the screen be affected first-hand yet, but now I'll be more careful about touching the screen's surface, as I believe skin oils are corrosive. This may explain why the screen making contact with the keyboard has cause the problem for some users.
I haven't had a problem with mine yet but I don't have an anti reflective display coating on it. I have a preference for a display with a high gloss and a high sheen.
I agree that these are nice, but they should be useful for keeping things clean, not for ensuring that your notebook doesn't scratch its own screen with its keys. It's a design flaw for sure, whether in physical form factor, or the coating itself (or both).
I think it can help yeah. In fact I'll buy it with my next upgrade, but I'm not very happy to buy a protection for nothing more than a normal cleanup for a 2200$ machine. It's not the ideal quality level I expected.
Class action law suit here we come.
Everybody gets an iTunes gift card and we are done!
It's not related to keys. It started along the borders where there is not any contact with keyboard's keys.
Realising that it isn't a touch screen, and not touching it, would help. If it's not you who touches it, using a ruler and hitting the hands of whoever touches it would help. And is fun
Anything that is around. Nobody reads the take care instructions.
I use Clorox disinfecting wipes for keyboard and anything.
There are plenty of pictures that show the defect starting in the middle on some devices.
cloth moistened with water. nothing more. since years. and it's happen only with this machine. a 2200 machine. it's design fault.