M4 MacBook Pro Reviews: Processor Benchmarks Impress, New Nano-Texture Option Worth the Extra $150

[John_Blackthorne]

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I want dark Justine. Maybe throw legit criticism at apple some time.

Aside that she’s had a good career. He is getting old. If you look at her hands she’s probably in her 40s?

Dark Justine—reviewing MacBooks with like a cig dangling out of her mouth.

 

[MrGimper]

She had her head made smaller when Vision Pro was released and her wrists made bigger for the Apple Watch Ultra.

And her hair extra swishy.

 

[Madhatter32]

So, the upshot is I am used to Apple but it is not God. Neither is your new president nor electric car maker with many children.

Pray to whomever you want. As for nano-texture, my take is that if you want to work outside get it -- huge benefits. If you are concerned about display clarity and color accuracy (and work indoors a lot), get the glossy. I am interested to learn more about the nano-texture durability, but I suppose it is too early to get a read on that issue.

 

[BotchQue]

Watched yesterday's Petapixel Podcast and one of them stated the nano-texture is now beneath the glass, and you no longer needed to buy Apple's $20 cleaning cloth (which you probably never did). That doesn't make any sense to me; anyone else heard/read this?

 

[ProbablyDylan]

They had dedicated laptop reviewers. Guess Voxx is circling down the drain

I can see that. Even their podcasts now have 3 ads during the breaks instead of 2 previously. Shame too because I thought Nilay had some great ideas.

I don't think it's Voxx going down the drain, so much as traditional journalism as a whole. Won't be long till we're stuck with only large media outlets.

 

[John_Blackthorne]

I can see that. Even their podcasts now have 3 ads during the breaks instead of 2 previously. Shame too because I thought Nilay had some great ideas.

I don't think it's Voxx going down the drain, so much as traditional journalism as a whole. Won't be long till we're stuck with only large media outlets.

It was good during the Josh years.

 

[nostradumbass]

I agree that matte displays have their advantages and for some people the tradeoff is absolutely worth it. Your original statement however was worded as an assertion that *nobody* will want anything different, and this just isn't the case. There are real fundamental downsides. Brushing off other people's preferences as marketing-induced stupidity is just ignorant.

It's a pro feature and when tech and cost is ready pro features trickle down to everyone. So nano will by 2030 be ubiquitous on all Apple products including phones.

If anyone is worried about contrast, nano on the left and glossy on the right (screenshot from a review). It will be even better in person if you have been to a store today.

 

[MobiusStrip]

Super high contrast specs have been burned into your brain by marketing for televisions and stupidly that leaked over into computing. You don't need crazy high contrast to view an image, read a text or watch a movie.

I think it started even before flat-screen TVs adopted idiotic glossy displays. It was sad to see Apple cave and offer only glossy screens... which at the time we associated with the cheap, plastic, junk computers being peddled at Best Buy.

Apologists for glossy screens always make the same dumb claim about "contrast," ignoring the fact that everything shown on the screen is covered by a sheen of reflection in essentially 100% of cases. You'd have to be sitting in a closet wearing a ninja costume for this not to be the case.

I will say that the problem has been slightly mitigated by the availability of non-inverse color schemes ("dark mode"), because your own screen isn't blasting out white light and therefore illuminates you less, making your own reflection in the screen less pronounced.