MacBook Pro - Do Users Really like their glossy screeen? Matte?

AhhitsChhhriss · AhhitsChhhriss #1 (**permalink**)

08-05-2007, 01:04 AM

Do you guys/girls out there still like your glossy screen? Do you prefer Matte better? IS Glare really a problem? Long run?

PowerBookG4 · PowerBookG4 #2 (**permalink**)

08-05-2007, 01:08 AM

I love my glossy screen, but I do not use it out side or near large windows so I do not know what it would be like in regular situations.

crg23 · crg23 #3 (**permalink**)

08-05-2007, 01:13 AM

I was wondering the same thing...hopefully some others will pipe in too.

buttuh · buttuh #4 (**permalink**)

08-05-2007, 01:25 AM

I like the glossy screen better

bd-in-pdx · bd-in-pdx #5 (**permalink**)

08-05-2007, 03:31 AM

I love my glossy screen and would never go back to matte. However... like you assumed, the glare is pretty bad when a window is behind you. Not completely unusable, but pretty bad.

Z mann R2 · Z mann R2 #6 (**permalink**)

08-05-2007, 03:34 AM

i wish i could say i love the glossy screen but glare and fingerprints **** me off! I'm guessing the clarity is better on glossy screens??

TWM · TWM #7 (**permalink**)

08-05-2007, 03:46 AM

i really like the glossy screen opposed to the matte. i had a matte on a windows laptop before my macbook, and i like the glossy.

CL33Zero · CL33Zero #8 (**permalink**)

08-05-2007, 03:55 AM

Really like it. Nice and clear, I dont get much glare were I use it so its nice to have

Skyrider007 · Skyrider007 #9 (**permalink**)

08-05-2007, 05:12 AM

I have no problem with glossy screens at all. I've been using it for over five years starting from a Fujitsu then Vaio and now the MBP. I love the color saturation (no needs for accuracy here) and pictures really "pop-out" of the screen.

Levi · Levi #10 (**permalink**)

08-05-2007, 05:32 AM

I do like the colour saturation on the glossy screens when watching movies; but in bright light the thing just acts as a mirror, and of-course the colour accuracy is all off.

I'm sticking with "Anti-Glare", but I think a glossy coating on those portable DVD players wouldn't be a bad idea.

yellow19man · yellow19man #11 (**permalink**)

08-05-2007, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Z mann R2

i wish i could say i love the glossy screen but glare and fingerprints **** me off! I'm guessing the clarity is better on glossy screens??

About the fingerprints. If someone even comes close to touching my screen I take their fingers off. That is a pet peeve. I always think, "Why would you touch the screen anyways!!!"

Back to the main point. There are pro's/con's for both screens. When I put my old laptop (matte) up to my new one (gloss), I like the gloss one.

Spyker · Spyker #12 (**permalink**)

08-05-2007, 12:03 PM

I got the 2.16ghz MBP c2d with the glossy screen and i am loving it.

i also have a pet peeve over people touching the screen, i end up shouting at them! "WWWHHHHYYYY WWWHHHHYYY!!!???!?!?"

iKitten · iKitten #13 (**permalink**)

08-05-2007, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by yellow19man

About the fingerprints. If someone even comes close to touching my screen I take their fingers off. That is a pet peeve. I always think, "Why would you touch the screen anyways!!!"

Yes, why do people touch computer screens (desktop or notebook)?!?!? I don't get it.

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Originally Posted by yellow19man

Back to the main point. There are pro's/con's for both screens. When I put my old laptop (matte) up to my new one (gloss), I like the gloss one.

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Originally Posted by TWM

i really like the glossy screen opposed to the matte. i had a matte on a windows laptop before my macbook, and i like the glossy.

Heartily agree! I've been in on this debate before though and some people just hate glossy.

AhhitsChhhriss · AhhitsChhhriss #14 (**permalink**)

08-05-2007, 01:38 PM

Haha i know, one of my pet peeveevevevsssss is when people point out somthing on the screen and they literally just dig there clammy finger into that beautiful clean screen leaving a fingerprint made for an investigation.

OKay that was an exaggeration but..-sigh- you get my point

gr4ywolf · gr4ywolf #15 (**permalink**)

08-05-2007, 03:07 PM

Pick yourself up a 3M Privacy Screen, you can use it either side facing out, one side is glossy, the other matte. I use the glossy side facing out on my thinkpad unless there is a glare in which case I just spin it around.

Keeps nosey people from watching what you are working on anyway

They run about 50.00

(edit): Just found out they dont make one for the macbook... sorry

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Levi #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 06, 2007 Location: UK Posts: 681 Mac Specs: MBP : 2.4GHz : 2GB RAM : 256MB VRAM : 160GB HDD	08-05-2007, 05:32 AM I do like the colour saturation on the glossy screens when watching movies; but in bright light the thing just acts as a mirror, and of-course the colour accuracy is all off. I'm sticking with "Anti-Glare", but I think a glossy coating on those portable DVD players wouldn't be a bad idea. Koalas: The mafia of the animal kingdom. Now Powered By Leopard.
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AhhitsChhhriss #14 (permalink)
Member Since: May 22, 2007 Location: Californiaa. and Hong Kong(ew) Posts: 25 Mac Specs: Macbook Pro 15.4" 2.2 Ghz, 160 GB, 2GB Ram, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with 256MB SDRAM	08-05-2007, 01:38 PM Haha i know, one of my pet peeveevevevsssss is when people point out somthing on the screen and they literally just dig there clammy finger into that beautiful clean screen leaving a fingerprint made for an investigation. OKay that was an exaggeration but..-sigh- you get my point Bring back the white, apple?
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gr4ywolf #15 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 03, 2007 Posts: 20	08-05-2007, 03:07 PM Pick yourself up a 3M Privacy Screen, you can use it either side facing out, one side is glossy, the other matte. I use the glossy side facing out on my thinkpad unless there is a glare in which case I just spin it around. Keeps nosey people from watching what you are working on anyway They run about 50.00 (edit): Just found out they dont make one for the macbook... sorry Last edited by gr4ywolf; 08-05-2007 at 03:13 PM.
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AhhitsChhhriss #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 22, 2007 Location: Californiaa. and Hong Kong(ew) Posts: 25 Mac Specs: Macbook Pro 15.4" 2.2 Ghz, 160 GB, 2GB Ram, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with 256MB SDRAM	08-05-2007, 01:04 AM Do you guys/girls out there still like your glossy screen? Do you prefer Matte better? IS Glare really a problem? Long run?
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buttuh #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 17, 2007 Location: CA Posts: 71 Mac Specs: 2 GHz C2D MacBook 2GB RAM 80GB HD	08-05-2007, 01:25 AM I like the glossy screen better
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bd-in-pdx #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 16, 2007 Posts: 43 Mac Specs: 2.33 MBP, 3gb ram, not enough disk space, iPod Classic, iPhone, techno-addiction	08-05-2007, 03:31 AM I love my glossy screen and would never go back to matte. However... like you assumed, the glare is pretty bad when a window is behind you. Not completely unusable, but pretty bad.
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Z mann R2 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 05, 2006 Location: Texas!! Posts: 187 Mac Specs: Blackbook, 2GHz Core Duo. 16Gb iPod Touch	08-05-2007, 03:34 AM i wish i could say i love the glossy screen but glare and fingerprints **** me off! I'm guessing the clarity is better on glossy screens??
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TWM #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 31, 2007 Posts: 309	08-05-2007, 03:46 AM i really like the glossy screen opposed to the matte. i had a matte on a windows laptop before my macbook, and i like the glossy.
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CL33Zero #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 30, 2007 Posts: 892	08-05-2007, 03:55 AM Really like it. Nice and clear, I dont get much glare were I use it so its nice to have
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Skyrider007 #9 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 07, 2007 Location: Loughborough, England Posts: 449 Mac Specs: 15" MacBook Pro (Early 2008) 2.4GHz 4GB RAM running 10.5.4	08-05-2007, 05:12 AM I have no problem with glossy screens at all. I've been using it for over five years starting from a Fujitsu then Vaio and now the MBP. I love the color saturation (no needs for accuracy here) and pictures really "pop-out" of the screen.
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Spyker #12 (permalink)
Member Since: Apr 27, 2007 Posts: 5 Mac Specs: Macbook Pro C2D 2.16Ghz 2GB Ram 160GB Hdd	08-05-2007, 12:03 PM I got the 2.16ghz MBP c2d with the glossy screen and i am loving it. i also have a pet peeve over people touching the screen, i end up shouting at them! "WWWHHHHYYYY WWWHHHHYYY!!!???!?!?"
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