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I tried to post this thread on Apple's own forum but it kept getting removed by them so I'm trying here to see if anyone has the same complaint about the new silver finished laptops. My experience is that they cannot be used in direct sunlight because the glare from the casing is so bad it hurts your eyes! It's almost like looking into the sun which can't be good for you either - a safety issue perhaps?
Surely I can't be the only person who might occasionally want to use a silver finished macbook air or pro range in direct sunlight. I know we dont get much of it here in the UK but when we do it's nice to be able to take your laptop outside, especially for anyone who maybe works from home and can get away with doing some work outside in the garden in the summer months etc.
Well if you want to do this , take it from me , give any silver finished macbook or pro a very wide birth because it really isn't possible (without covering the whole casing in masking tape - which I have tried and this works actually but looks really naf)! You can use sunglasses which help a bit but then you can't see the screen very well because you're still getting alot of glare from the casing.
I think this is a major design oversight by Apple who I think will lose customers over this (the old white laptops were brilliant for this - white has the most minimal heat absorbtion as a clour and minimal reflective properties, and they always looked cool in my view - this new silver finish (I have an air), scrathces easily and is completely unusable outside in direct sunlight in my experience). Why is there no other colour option? - it's just crazy.
If you want to use a laptop outside in sunlight and you're thinking of buying a silver Macbook or pro or air - DONT!
Also has anyone else had their posts removed from Apple's website when they have raised genuine concerns about products? Does anyone else know of other main Mac forums where I can post this issue without fear of it being removed? Thanks for taking the time to read my rant btw.
Surely I can't be the only person who might occasionally want to use a silver finished macbook air or pro range in direct sunlight. I know we dont get much of it here in the UK but when we do it's nice to be able to take your laptop outside, especially for anyone who maybe works from home and can get away with doing some work outside in the garden in the summer months etc.
Well if you want to do this , take it from me , give any silver finished macbook or pro a very wide birth because it really isn't possible (without covering the whole casing in masking tape - which I have tried and this works actually but looks really naf)! You can use sunglasses which help a bit but then you can't see the screen very well because you're still getting alot of glare from the casing.
I think this is a major design oversight by Apple who I think will lose customers over this (the old white laptops were brilliant for this - white has the most minimal heat absorbtion as a clour and minimal reflective properties, and they always looked cool in my view - this new silver finish (I have an air), scrathces easily and is completely unusable outside in direct sunlight in my experience). Why is there no other colour option? - it's just crazy.
If you want to use a laptop outside in sunlight and you're thinking of buying a silver Macbook or pro or air - DONT!
Also has anyone else had their posts removed from Apple's website when they have raised genuine concerns about products? Does anyone else know of other main Mac forums where I can post this issue without fear of it being removed? Thanks for taking the time to read my rant btw.