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iExpensive

macrumors 6502
Oct 18, 2010
261
10
Las Vegas
I agree, I have a microfiber towel and it works fine on the MBA screen.
No streaks at all! That is with hard water too.

I don't know what this other guy is doing... I question if he has really even seen the air before.
 

mixvio

macrumors 6502
Apr 12, 2009
388
0
Sydney, Australia
Apparently nobody understands what I am saying. With the glass display on the Macbook Pro, it is a fact that a dab of water and a quick swipe cleans it good as new- no smudges, no anything. With the non-glass displays you cannot do this. Try it right now. Get a little water and the Apple microfiber and try. I guarantee your display will have streaks or smudges at certain angles (put it in sleep- you'll see it) on the non-glass displays. Do the same with a Macbook Pro and you will not have this trouble. The fact that I don't have to buy an extra cleaning product (just the Apple microfiber and a dab of water) to clean my glass screen = glass > non-glass display in my book. If you cannot replicate this situation and notice the difference, you are obviously not as astute as I am or as OCD as I am about my displays. That's fine, but the fact still stands. Search online and you will see that many people prefer the glass displays of the Macbook Pro over the Macbook Air/ Macbook for this reason alone.

From personal experience I have more difficulty cleaning the glass screens of the Pros for exactly that reason, the same way it's difficult and annoying to get a streak-free finish on a glass window.

If you disagree, that's fine, but I prefer the Air's display because it's not like looking at a mirror if I happen to be in an environment with even marginally bright light surrounding me. No need for the dramatics.
 
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