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Who owns the glossy screen Macbook Pro?
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People keep bringing up sunlight, why?
Please take a picture of your AG MBP in sunlight. It's unusable still. Unless I got a lemon.
AG's main benefits come from in door use, maybe against a poorly tinted window, or cubicle overhead lighting that's out of your control.
Glossy's advantage is superior color reproduction and contrasts.
Please take a picture of your AG MBP in sunlight. It's unusable still. Unless I got a lemon.
AG's main benefits come from in door use, maybe against a poorly tinted window, or cubicle overhead lighting that's out of your control.
Glossy's advantage is superior color reproduction and contrasts.
glossy not for me
I've got glossy and while not as bad at first as I thought, after a year I was really angry that I couldn't get anti-glare (I have the 13inch and no desire for 15inch due to size not cost)
But my usage scenario is at work near windows with lots of flourescent lights overhead. When I'm at home my glossy screen was just fine.
I got an anti-glare film for the screen anyway so now all is well
(although I am still waiting in vain for apple to give all their pro laptops an antiglare option)
If you know you'll mainly use your laptop in places where you have control of the lighting then you may be happy with glossy. For me it was literally a mirror (and like another poster said I used to use mine as a mirror at work and it worked really nicely for this purpose but less nicely as a screen)
I've got glossy and while not as bad at first as I thought, after a year I was really angry that I couldn't get anti-glare (I have the 13inch and no desire for 15inch due to size not cost)
But my usage scenario is at work near windows with lots of flourescent lights overhead. When I'm at home my glossy screen was just fine.
I got an anti-glare film for the screen anyway so now all is well
(although I am still waiting in vain for apple to give all their pro laptops an antiglare option)If you know you'll mainly use your laptop in places where you have control of the lighting then you may be happy with glossy. For me it was literally a mirror (and like another poster said I used to use mine as a mirror at work and it worked really nicely for this purpose but less nicely as a screen)
I kind of wished the glossy was brighter as bright as my ipod touch but it isn't. If only it was brighter, no doubt glossy is superior. Does anybody notice that the glossy is less brighter than matte and by how much? I did a test at the apple store and in order to match both matte and glossy, I had to turn down the matte by 4-5 notches. Can anyone confirm this (perhaps there could be a lemon).
I have both a 13" MBP glossy, and a 17" anti-gloss.
Depends on your use. For business, I prefer the anti-gloss. Also, not a big fan of having a mirror infront of me when on a dark page.
Depends on your use. For business, I prefer the anti-gloss. Also, not a big fan of having a mirror infront of me when on a dark page.
Glossy here, and i would chose the same again, its looks really impressive when comparing it to normal "work" HP notebooks. The brightness is really good and im' not annoyed by reflections at all. But then again, im never using it outside where i doubt the brightness would be sufficient to counter the power of the sun. I would choose the Hi-res Glossy over the Std-Res Glossy that i have though.
Hr anti-glare. Much easier on the eyes.
imo the colours on the glossy being 'better' is a false claim, they're inaccurate and exaggerated. Unpredictable response on other monitors.
You don't see the top brass lacie and quatographic displays with a big chunk of glass stuck onto them do you?
Just buy which one you like looking at most, if you want great colour accuracy don't rely on your macbook display.
imo the colours on the glossy being 'better' is a false claim, they're inaccurate and exaggerated. Unpredictable response on other monitors.
You don't see the top brass lacie and quatographic displays with a big chunk of glass stuck onto them do you?
Just buy which one you like looking at most, if you want great colour accuracy don't rely on your macbook display.
I love my hi res glossy screen. I dont buy into the whole glare thing, it doesnt bother me at all.
I bought the standard glossy first and used it for about four months before replacing it with the hi-res anti-glare. I am much happier with the anti-glare. The glossy was affecting my color calibrator and the colors are not accurate on the glossy.
Hi Res Glossy is great i don't need photo accurate colours and glossy makes pictures look beautiful.
i don't need photo accurate colours and glossy makes pictures look beautiful.You could not be more wrong about this. Any professional will tell you that the glossy screens do not reproduce colours accurately at all. Anybody doing serious photo/video editing uses matte displays.
The glossy displays seen on MBP's and cinema displays look beautiful, I agree. But that is because the blacks are crushed and colours are overly-vibrant.
If you don't believe me, try and buy a professional IPS panel monitor specifically designed for photo editing with a glossy display. You can't.
Because no one uses them.
However, the glossy displays are better in one way, which is cleaning.
They are very easy to clean and Im never worried about smudges, simply because they wipe right off.
I used to own a netbook with a matte screen. It wasn't crisp in color, but after getting a mac, I do enjoy a glossy screen. I despise it while in the sun, but it doesn't bother me too much.
You guys serious? Actual display is the same, the screen cover is what's different.
Think for a second about what a matte screen is... a surface designed to scatter light to prevent that "glare". Aka, it's just a roughened surface.
Glossy is more accurate at reproducing colors on principle alone.
Jesus, there's so much misinformation going on here.
It doesn't matter what the pros use, they use whatever they're comfortable with. The science of the matter is, glossy = more accurate/better contrast. Does that "accuracy" outweigh the practicality of a matte screen? That's another question.
Before anyone makes assumptions, matte screen owner here. I'm just not ignorant to the facts of reality.