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micro scratches and reflections of dust particles on the MacBook Pro 16 anti-reflective coating
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Yep!
16-inch MacBook Pro: Staingate / AR coating failure?
I bought a 16-inch MacBook Pro in November last year (the day it was launched in fact). Generally it’s a fantastic machine. I look after my gear very carefully (especially laptops). The laptop has only been out of the house a handful of times, and I’ve always carried it in a laptop bag. In...
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I think that since they use it in apple, it is worth starting to use it to clean their macbooks. I have woosh, but I haven't checked it yet. Maybe some of my colleagues use it and will say something about it ???
Add me to the list of people who have scratches in their anti-reflective coating. Obviously, I didn't find out about the delicateness of the anti-reflective coating until after the fact or after the scratch. Having a chance to go back in time, I would have bought the canned compressed air by the case.
IMO
MBP are too fragile to maintain plus cleaning the screen is pain. I have a screen protector on. Once installed, it is not noticeable at all.
I haven't cleaned my screen and although the smudges bother me, I know well than to clean it constantly. I'd rather just do a once every 6 month clean than avoid the stain gate.
Before I put the protector on, I used water and a cleaning cloth and I never had any issues. I wouldn't use ANY liquid near the screen.
I've never understood why this doesn't seem to happen to me. I've owned a 2008 MacBook Pro, a 2015 MacBook Pro and now a 2020 MacBook air and I've never had an issue with micro scratches on the screen or the dreaded "staingate". I tend to clean my screen with a little spray of screen cleaner onto a microfibre cloth and then wipe the screen down, before flipping over to the dry side and buffing it. I just gave my old 2015 MacBook Pro a pretty rough-handed wipe down/clean the other day, as I am planning to sell it, and it came out virtually flawless. I am being very anal with my current MacBook Air, however, as I always tend to be like that with brand new products (I only got it a few weeks ago).
I am pretty OCD when it comes to scratches and stuff, so I'm always checking the screen in different lighting and from different angles just to see if I can find a flaw (I wish I wasn't like this).
Could it be location/humidity? I am in the UK, for what it is worth and I've never seen "staingate" on any MacBook I've come across, including my GF's Air, my Dad's various Pros and my Mum's MacBook. None of them are anal about keeping it flawless like me. Some of the pictures I see of "staingate" boggle my mind and make me extra paranoid, but I've yet to see it for myself in real life
If I really look, I can see a couple of scratches here and there on their screens, but they look user inflicted and comparatively deep compared to micro scratches.
I am pretty OCD when it comes to scratches and stuff, so I'm always checking the screen in different lighting and from different angles just to see if I can find a flaw (I wish I wasn't like this).
Could it be location/humidity? I am in the UK, for what it is worth and I've never seen "staingate" on any MacBook I've come across, including my GF's Air, my Dad's various Pros and my Mum's MacBook. None of them are anal about keeping it flawless like me. Some of the pictures I see of "staingate" boggle my mind and make me extra paranoid, but I've yet to see it for myself in real life
If I really look, I can see a couple of scratches here and there on their screens, but they look user inflicted and comparatively deep compared to micro scratches.
I would even recommend not to touch the keyboard ;-)
On my MBP, the tolerance between the screen and the keyboard is so tight that when I close the lid, the grease that sits on the keys is tranfered to the screen and there is nothing I can do about it (apart from not touching the keyboard, or cleaning the keyboard after each use).
I just got home from a work trip and kind of "de-grimed" my work MBP when I got in. By that I just mean gently wiping all my smeared fingerprints off the trackpad and getting all the dust and debris off the screen and keyboard GENTLY using nothing more than some quick spurts of canned air and a microfiber cloth. Also of note: this specific notebook almost NEVER gets used as an actual laptop and is docked to my workstation 99.99% of the time. Meaning this is a brand new, pristine MBP, even considering I've had it for 3 months and used it every day. The screen and keyboard have barely been used.
MY POINT:
It still has very fine, minor micro-abrasions on the screen when I put it in really good light for purposes of cleaning. I would assume all of our MacBooks have these in some form or another. Best to just accept it. Use the tool for what it's meant for: computing. Be careful with it, keep it clean, you'll be fine.
MY POINT:
It still has very fine, minor micro-abrasions on the screen when I put it in really good light for purposes of cleaning. I would assume all of our MacBooks have these in some form or another. Best to just accept it. Use the tool for what it's meant for: computing. Be careful with it, keep it clean, you'll be fine.