Eye Strain from Macbook Pro (2012) Anti-Glare?

Hi everyone,
I am thinking about buying my mother a macbook pro. She has been using macbook (2007) until today, so it will be a great gift.
Her eyes are not that good and can get motion sick easily (if that matters...), so I would like to know if any one had noticed eye strains, headach, etc from anti-glare version of macbook pro. I heard regular and glossy displays have possibility of causing such symptoms so those are out of options. So anti-glare or retina? Retina version is more than what she needs but I heard retina display could be better than anti-glare for someone. I am willing to pay retina version if anti-glare display causes eye strains while retina display does not. I would like to hear some experiences, thoughts, and advices. Taking her to store and test those displays would be best, but I would like to avoid it, since I want this to be a surprise gift. However, If I had to take her to store, how should I test which display is good for her?
Thank you very much!

I can only tell you my experience after having used the anti-glare screen for over 5 years. I can sit in front of my laptop for hours without any adverse effects. I passed on the retina Macbook Pro because it seems like an abomination not to offer such a beautiful screen in anti-glare format. The retina is less glossy than the regular screen, but nowhere close to the anti-glare in comfort (for me, at least).
I would check with her doctor, too. It may actually be that a screen with a smaller native resolution is better for her.

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