happy black macbook owner (and with a good reason)
Well, the black macbook has been taken home. My girlfriend and I spent quite a bit of time and two separate visits to the local apple store evaluating the glossy screen at different angles and I came to the conclusion that the black macbook simply has less glare than the white one at a number of angles due to the fact that the white keyboard simply reflects more light onto the screen then the black one. We also found it performing pretty well in the sunlight. Granted, certain angles are better than others, but the same thing happens with my 17" powerbook. (the macbook is for my girlfriend) The times when the reflective screen quality is at it's worst is when there is black or very dark images on the screen. For this reason, if you're involved with graphic design and high end gaming, (integrated graphics processing can't keep up with the Pro), I'd say stick to the Pro. But if not, after running the speed, cost, and size/weight numbers, we settled on the black Macbook and are very happy with it.
Well, the black macbook has been taken home. My girlfriend and I spent quite a bit of time and two separate visits to the local apple store evaluating the glossy screen at different angles and I came to the conclusion that the black macbook simply has less glare than the white one at a number of angles due to the fact that the white keyboard simply reflects more light onto the screen then the black one. We also found it performing pretty well in the sunlight. Granted, certain angles are better than others, but the same thing happens with my 17" powerbook. (the macbook is for my girlfriend) The times when the reflective screen quality is at it's worst is when there is black or very dark images on the screen. For this reason, if you're involved with graphic design and high end gaming, (integrated graphics processing can't keep up with the Pro), I'd say stick to the Pro. But if not, after running the speed, cost, and size/weight numbers, we settled on the black Macbook and are very happy with it.