Anyone with the  17-inch High-Resolution Display?

need some feedback please.

Just came after visiting the Apple Store in London and saw the High Res 17 Inch for myself. Beautiful. And no way are the fonts small. Anyone who gets the low res 1650x1080 is missing out in my opinion. This is more like a 20" MBP in a 17" format.
Sadly they only had the Matt screens in the store. That display in Glossy would look amazing! Can't wait to get mine. It was in Shanghai yesterday, today it is in Holland! I hope it arrives in the UK this weekend...
If anything bad I did notice about the display was that it seemed very bright in the center and that the illumination was not even. Maybe it was the strong lighting in the store? Anyone else notice this?
I also saw the 15" LED ones and they did not seem any better than the 17" to me.

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