A video comparing glossy and matte displays on the 17″ and 15″ MacBook Pro. . . Personally I would choose the matte option, but I could understand why someone would choose the glossy option instead. . . If you are buying a laptop, you probably want to take it with you to most places, and outdoors, the matte display performs better. True, the glossy is better in low light conditions and people might ask: why pay more for less rich colors? Well if you always had a dark enclosure around the macbook pro then you are probably in a room most of your time and in this case it does not need to be highly portable. Why not choose the imac if you are going to keep your computer in a dark environment all the time? After all, the imac is cheaper and has a bigger screen with more resolution. If all you do is carry your macbook pro from one dark room to another, ignore my comment about the imac. However, working in a dark environment for long periods of time is occasionally not good for your eyes. . . One could also argue that while the glossy display does produce deeper blacks, unless you are surrounded by darkness (sounds evil I know), you will not enjoy those deeper blacks. The darker the display on the glossy gets, the more reflections there are, and if the color it is portraying is black, it is highly likely that there will be reflections. At 0:43 you can see that there are reflections on the glossy screen and for me at least, that would ruin the whole experience of watching a movie …
I am not a user of MAC, but I do have HP Probbok with anti-glare screen. I used to have a glare screen on my older machines. When I’ve realize that my eyes are so tired after a few hours work. I decided to change to buy a new laptop and change glare on matte! That was the best decision so far. Now I can work without any problems and my eyes are not tired anymore. My vote is for MATTE.
The song is freaking awsome.
@digitaldown I understand you, but it doesn’t dominate the market. Matte dominates the market. At least 95% of the screens are matte.
what i wanted to say also, is the fact that no maker put this in specification. Some makers even mention main board details, but not this, which I think is quite important.
i just bought a new notebook. I took time to choose it. I checked everything I possibly knew about computer. But after purchased I noticed the glares and reflections. I use my notebook outdoor a lot.
I notice many people liking glossy, but it kinda bothers me. I hope after awhile I will get used to it.
having only had a glossy finish, i can’t compare the two… but i can say that the glare factor is only a problem if you’re sitting in direct sunlight. and even then, it still an unpleasent viewing experience. Im not saying its any better or worse than the matte finish… I’m only saying that its not as bad as people make it out to be.
Glossy <3
Awesome, thank you very much that was very helpful.
Or if you really like the black bezel, get an antiglare filter to stick on.
i like matte more, matte is good for my eye
but glossy black color looks good
Thanks for the USEFULL compairison, I intend on purchasing a MBP next year for school and could decide between the two. Every other review ends up on a debate of “I like bklack border, so glossy better”, “No, I like silver border better so matte better”. I personally think that the aluminum border is slicker as it matches the rest of the MBP, however the glass makes a very nice finish, but this is a seperate debate. I am interested in what SCREEN is better, and thanks to this video I can decide.
Perhaps matte has a thinner viewing angle, but my understanding is that laptops are still personal computers, not theatre screens.
useful video. nice.
i love the grey around the screen. I got the 15 inch basic model 2011, i SO wish apple made all there screens with grey around them, with the free option of black around the screen
I’ll pay for matte screen if apple are willing to make the frame of it black. grey looks like back to the discrete macbook pro.
EXCELLENT review bro, nicely done.
@lordloch Actually it is not perfect. If you’re higher education was worth anything you’d see that. Really.
@digitaldown Actually it is perfect, go cry some more at the end of the day you know deep down that you are actually English yourself; after all you descended from us.
Aww look at the little American crying on the internet throwing profanity left, right and center because he is inferior to those with higher education.
USA = Unlimited Supply of Arseholes, kind of makes sense don’t you think?
@lordloch You nitpicking twit. Check your last post for grammar, dickhead. It wasn’t perfect either. stupid english teabag grammar police
@digitaldown Says the person who can’t form simple coherent sentences or knows how to use basic grammar. Oh never mind, you’re from United States; that explains everything.
@lordloch i don’t game. i work. avoid reflections? easily avoidable? you’re a dumbass.
@digitaldown reflections are easily avoidable and if you intend to game you shouldn’t be outside in the first place and would already be aware of how to avoid reflections.
@digitaldown lol, ultimate rage ?
summary @2:09