New Refresh , Still only Glossy

[chaosbunny]

Sure it's a preference thing. Some people like glossy, others like matte. To each their own. That's also why comments like "just buy glossy and shut up" are troublesome and annoying.

I have just found a buyer for my iMac and will get a low end 2010 Mac Pro. Personally I can't stand the mirror screens. Turning up the brightness doesn't help if I'm working on a design project with a black background or if I'm running through a dark dungeon in some kind of game. Then there is the issue of dust and smudges behind the glass that many iMacs develop. No thanks. I'm sure the Mac Pro will last me for years to come and I know I won't buy one of Apples glassy screen products again. (this includes iPhone and iPad, but not because of the screen, but because I have no use for them ;-)

 

[oilfighter]

Not if you calibrate it correctly. I'm a professional photographer and I'm able to match my photos up almost identical to my glossy screen. As I said previously -- it doesn't matter to much extent which screen you have, as long as you know how to properly calibrate it.

My screen IS calibrated, and I sell prints all the time. My pictures come back with perfect matching results to my matted screen.

On our imac, and glossy MBP, it was not possible to get a close match. Maybe 80% there, but I since my products are in print form, I need to get what I see on the screen.

If the glossy screen works for you, awesome, stick with it. It doesn't work for me, and it doesn't work for most of the other photographers that I know. Apple, being a company that tailored towards creative individuals, should know this issue, and at least offer the option of a matted screen. Heck, charge $100 more if they want, because I'd pay for it.