MacBook screens, glossy or regular?

[iLEZ]

Since there seems to be a trend towards "glossy" screens in notebooks, what do you think will be on the next iBook/MacBook? Of course, the non-insane thing to do would be to go with the regular non-glossy coating, but is there any risk that the opposite will happen?

 

[Subiklim]

Why do some manufacturers use glossy anyway? Bling-factor?

 

[shrimpdesign]

Those glossy screens look cool, but aren't very functional in my opinion, especially for laptops. Laptops you need to work in different enviroments and sometimes outside.... glossy means reflective, I expect to get what I pay for; a screen, not a mirror.

 

[mduser63]

Put me down as one who definitely does not like the glossy screens. They have a "wow factor" that makes people think they're really nice when they first see them, but after a while, you realize they're not very easy on the eyes, and they have bad glare problems.

 

[Peyton]

Those glossy screens look cool, but aren't very functional in my opinion, especially for laptops. Laptops you need to work in different enviroments and sometimes outside.... glossy means reflective, I expect to get what I pay for; a screen, not a mirror.

oh but you do get a mirror with the new mbps...isight!!

I do like the bling of a glossy screen, but matte is more functional...

 

[iLEZ]

Imho

In my estimate, the MB will have enough bling-factor as it is, hence no need for a glossy screen. Besides, doesn't a glossy screen look more "cheap" than a matte one? I think so.

 

[student_trap]

In my estimate, the MB will have enough bling-factor as it is, hence no need for a glossy screen

agreed, also, matt has to be the way forward if your going to be using it outside

 

[wide]

It will be a single OLED strip in the new MacBooks.

 

[kretzy]

I really dislike the glossy screens. They reflect way too much, can't be viewed from as many angles and the worst thing is the fingerprints! I hate fingerprints.

 

[eva01]

Glossy gives me way too much of a headache when looking at it

 

[dcv]

Hopefully non-glossy but with better contrast and brighter than the current iBook/12" PowerBook displays. My PowerBook display looks really dim after spending time on my iMac.