No matte screen will occur. This is apple. Just because a couple people talk about it on the forums incessantly doesn't mean there's popular demand for it.
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Oh, but there is. I know people who decided agains an iMac because it had no matte option. I am sure that at least 10-20% of the customers would actually prefer a matte screen (myself included).
No reason to get rude, I have moved on long time ago
For me, at least, its not a deal breaker. I am just saying that some people would appreciate the option.
Yes, anti-glare = matte. The coating to reduce reflections absorbs them instead, creating a matte surface.
That is, unless new technology arrives to change this.
museum GLASS Apple won't drop the glass panel and go back to a non flush display/bezel
It sounded like they were developing something new. Unfortunately Google Translate isn't all that helpful on G-Tech O's site.
http://translate.google.com/transla...l=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&prmd=imvns
Not even close to 20% I'd say 10% is pushing it.
The general public doesn't care about matte screens.
You mean new technology like moth-eye?
http://www.youris.com/Nano/Environment/Beauty_Is_In_The_MothS_Eyes.kl
Or invisible glass?
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/31/invisible-glass-could-reduce-display-glare-fails-as-food-in-t/
Or super-clear glass?
http://www.stuff.tv/news/past-and-future/next-big-thing/next-big-thing--super-clear-glass
Apple does not push the boundaries of technology. Sometimes they will adopt a new connector technology, but they don't jump onto radical new technologies like this until they are mature.
It's good to see that there are other people who seem to as desparate as I am .. makes me feel a little bit less nerdy
It's good to see that there are other people who seem to as desparate as I am .. makes me feel a little bit less nerdy
That makes no sense. Do you feel less human when you around other humans? Why would you feel less nerdy when you're around other nerds?
I care about matte screens. I care that they DON'T include that nastiness. lol.
LOL
I don't meant to be ignorant of the needs of matte screen lovers but in the end it comes down to lighting.
Graphics Pro for years have uses display hoods and other means to limit light refraction from influencing or hindering graphic work.
I'd like to see the matte and regular screen side by side before deciding which was best.
As for being desperate for the release I think we are all with you on that one. That's why we are here everyday (and other places) tying to find every scrap of news. I was the same before I purchased my first iPhone. I made the decision to buy the new model then had to wait 3 month for it to be released. Now it seems I've been waiting forever to get my first mac. I hate it every time I turn my PC on. It's just not where I want to be (hence I'm normaly on the iPad or iPhone).
As for being desperate for the release I think we are all with you on that one. That's why we are here everyday (and other places) tying to find every scrap of news. I was the same before I purchased my first iPhone. I made the decision to buy the new model then had to wait 3 month for it to be released. Now it seems I've been waiting forever to get my first mac. I hate it every time I turn my PC on. It's just not where I want to be (hence I'm normaly on the iPad or iPhone).
If there isn't any major change, as a redesign or something as grand as that, they're "soft-launched" and just appear over night pretty much!
I used "over night" more as an expression than anything else, but yes as the poster above me stated, I do think they go down globally, which would put Europe at around noon, depending on the lenght of the downtime.
The question is why does the apple site go down at all? When you update a website I know you can make all the changes offline and then when you are happy you hit the switch.