Any chance Apple's new iMacs will have a glossy screen option?

[Tsurisuto]

Do you they will add it in as a BTO option?

 

[72930]

I seriously doubt it...

 

[Tsurisuto]

I seriously doubt it...

So no glossy screen or LED backlighting or higher resolutions... bummer!

 

[roland.g]

LEDs are still expensive in those sizes. Only the 15" MBP got them, not even the 17" did.

 

[PlaceofDis]

i think i'd like to see a glossy BTO option on the iMacs. i know LED won't be coming out anytime soon for them, but i do like the look of my Macbook's glossy screen. and i wonder how it'd be on an iMac.

 

[Tsurisuto]

i think i'd like to see a glossy BTO option on the iMacs. i know LED won't be coming out anytime soon for them, but i do like the look of my Macbook's glossy screen. and i wonder how it'd be on an iMac.

To be honest, I can perfectly understand about the LED backlighting, but there's no reason why Apple can't offer BTO options for people who would like higher resolutions and / or glossy screens.

 

[PlaceofDis]

To be honest, I can perfectly understand about the LED backlighting, but there's no reason why Apple can't offer BTO options for people who would like higher resolutions and / or glossy screens.

glossy is definitely a possibility imo. higher res is iffy. i don't know what the panels they're using are capable of or what alternatives are out there of similar quality.

 

[miniConvert]

I can envisage a glossy option coming to the iMac, yes

 

[mkrishnan]

How many desktop displays are there with gloss? I haven't seen a whole lot. It seems a lot less necessary, considering how bright desktop screens are, and how they're used essentially in a single fixed location.

 

[72930]

To be honest, I can perfectly understand about the LED backlighting, but there's no reason why Apple can't offer BTO options for people who would like higher resolutions and / or glossy screens.

Price - the larger the amount of the same panels they buy, the cheaper they are...

 

[Tsurisuto]

I hope the new iMac looks something like this:

 

[gkarris]

Apple Copying?

I don't think Apple is in the habit of copying HP...

 

[Tsurisuto]

I don't think Apple is in the habit of copying HP...

But not if the new iMac has an interface like this:

 

[roland.g]

To be honest, I can perfectly understand about the LED backlighting, but there's no reason why Apple can't offer BTO options for people who would like higher resolutions and / or glossy screens.

Problem is that the iMac isn't meant to be that much of a BTO line, choose you size, RAM, HDD, and video. I don't see them offering glossy and matte options. When they went Core 2 and the 24" came out last year they were brighter.

 

[mkrishnan]

I don't think Apple is in the habit of copying HP...

Interesting how it manages to not look ugly when you view it directly head-on.

 

[Roy Hobbs]

I hope they stay away from glossy screens in the iMac line