Replace That Glossy Screen

[Jeff Campbell]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/12/swap-a-macbooks-glossy-display-for-matte/' target='_blank'>http://www.tuaw.com/2009/10/12/swap...play-for-matte/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Users have a love/hate relationship with Apple's glossy displays. Namely, they either love them or they hate them. I haven't used one myself, as I'll be hanging on to my original MacBook Pro until it ceases to work."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1255410187.usr105634.jpg" /></p><p>I guess I'm in the "love" side of the love/hate angle. I've never had a problem with the glossy screen on my MBP or my MBA, but I don't usually use them outside or where there are bright lights. If I did and it bothered me, this is one option to fix it. So if you have a a 13" MacBook Pro and want the matte screen, <a href="http://techrestore.com/xcart/product.php?productid=18498" target="_blank">TechRestore</a> will do it for $200.00 USD. They promise a 24 hour turnaround but you don't get your old screen back.&nbsp;</p>

[doogald]

I actually prefer glossy. My MB was my first glossy display on a notebook, and it is so much richer and brighter than any matte display I used in the past that I'm sure I'll continue to prefer glossy.

[ptyork]

To be a contrarian, I much prefer matte. I work in a room that is either top-lit fluorescent or side-lit daylight. Glare is terrible. Matte makes it tolerable. Glossy is basically unusable. I can see how someone with a studio would prefer the slight increase in clarity and pop that comes with the removal of the anti-glare finish, but for Apple not to offer it as a FREE option for all of their displays is truly a horrible lapse in judgment. If there are passionate likes and dislikes on both sides and it is such an easy (and basically free) option, offer it. It's one thing to be "one-size fits all" if you're a PC maker in a generic market, but Apple is the sole (legal) means of getting an OSX computer and even with their current move to make this better you either spend at least $1750 on an anti-glare "upgraded" 15-inch MBP or you get glossy. Dumb, IMO.

[Jeff Campbell]

I prefer glossy also, but I definitely think Apple screwed up in not offering matte as an option.

[doogald]

I prefer glossy also, but I definitely think Apple screwed up in not offering matte as an option.

Well, at least it's an option on the 15", for an extra $50.