Glossy screen option

Does Apple sell glossy screen configured MBP's only through the Apple store as a build-to-order? I had hoped to buy a pre-configured one from Amazon, but can't find one.
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Ok, thanks for the info - I'm in the USA. I was mentally thinking of the Apple on-line store with my original post. I didn't think about whether the Apple retail stores might have them as a standard item. I'll have to give the local store a call and see.
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    Thanks (I am deciding between gloss or no gloss 17 inch MBP)

    Pictures probably won't help you make a decision. It is difficult to see the differences between the two with pictures. Why not just check out a few PC notebooks with the glossy screens? I used to own a dell xps gen 2 with a 1920x1200 glossy screen and it was glorious, but the glare was a bit annoying. In reality, I didn't really notice much of a difference playing games; it was only in the windows applications that things looked alot better.
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  • Replace the Glossy Screen with the Matte Screen on a 2008 Macbook Pro?

    Can you replace the Glossy Screen with the Matte Screen on a 2008 Macbook Pro?
    Where would I get a Matte Screen for a reasonable price if I could change it?

    There are a number of issues you should consider before embarking on this project.
    1. If you have a late-2008 unibody MBP, you are undoubtedly aware that there was never any anti-glare option offered for that machine. So there is no anti-glare display that was made to work with it.
    2. If you choose to replace only the LCD panel and not the entire display assembly — which is probably feasible but involves a great deal of painstaking work — you will also need to buy (separately) the aluminum bezel that takes the place of the glossy cover glass panel in models that came equipped with the nonglare screen. The bezel covers and protects the edges of the LCD and the delicate electronic connections there, and hides all that from view.
    3. If you go that route, you will have to make sure that the cabling related to the display you are installing is identical to the cabling related to your original display. This means checking to make sure the cable lengths, connectors and routing both within the display assembly and hinge cover and within the lower case of the computer are all the same.
    4. If you choose to replace the entire display assembly with one that contains a nonglare LCD, you will have the entire, intact glossy display assembly available to sell afterward. If you replace only the LCD panel, the LCD and glass cover panel that you remove will have much less resale value and are likely to be much harder to sell at all, because you won't practically be able to offer any warranty with them and because there are probably far fewer people willing to tackle the fussy, risky display disassembly process than are willing to replace the whole assembly as a unit.
    5. Even if you choose to replace the entire assembly, you will need to verify that the cables dangling from the replacement display assembly are the right lengths and have the right connectors to tie into your lower case properly. Because the assembly will have come from a later MBP model than yours, cable routing and connectors may have changed from one to the other.
    If this all sounds more daunting than you were expecting, you may want to consider just applying a nonglare film to the glass covering your present screen. If you aren't happy with the results, you can fall back on the replacement option.

  • Am I the only one that got a high res glossy screen?!?

    Anyone else choose the high res glossy or am I the only crazy one?
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    I know this subject has been posted a million times (I have read many of them) but those with a glossy hi res please let me know why you chose it. Thanks!

    I picked up the high-res glossy screen as well and don't regret it for a second!
    I assume the question is about choosing the glossy over the matte and not about the high-res option (which was just a no brainer imo!)
    For me it just feels much more like a Mac; I don't really like the bezel around the screen on the matte ones and I definitely know what you mean about the colours seeming more vivid (though in reality, they really aren't)
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  • Non-Glossy screen for the 13" MacBook Pro...the 13" MacBook Air has it!?!?!

    Sorry if this has already been discovered, but I just realized.....Why isn't there a Matte option for the screen on the 13" MacBook Pro? The 17" has always had it with an upgrade, the 15" now has the option for the upgrade, but why not the 13"??? I was trying to think what it would look like and then realized.....it would look like the MacBook Air......RIGHT? Because the MacBook air doesn't have a black frame around the screen, and its not glossy, and is the same 13" 1280 x 800, so why not bring that option to the MacBook PRO? (On second thought, I'd also like to have a 1440 x 900 option even though the fonts will be even smaller! lol I love screen space!)

    As someone with 20 years professional experience in digital imaging, both in video and stills, Photoshop retouching, Quark press work, and working with everything from Binuscan to Shake, having supervised thousands of press checks and taught thousands of personnel in everything from Newspapers to video Post-houses as a consultant and trainer, I love the glossy screens for the color saturation, rich blacks and fine detail rendition.
    That said, the many years of glossy Sony, Barco and Mitsu/Lacie CRT screens have taught me to use hoods and proper lighting; this goes for matte LCD screens as well, where ANY pro color-critical work should be done with a hood, such as the Hoodman or Think Tank products. That said, I have no problem in airports, outdoors, etc. using any of my glossy screen MPS, I find a properly calibrated glossy screen on these to be, at least with the latest iteration of the glossy screens available on the Unibody MBPs, eminently usable for pro color work.
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    Since I am, after all, in the pro minority, I agree that Apple NEVER should have removed the matte option, and I'd be happy to have, and think it's the ethical thing to do, Apple not only offer matte screens on all laptop products from now on, but that they RETURN to making glossy displays on MacBook Pros (and MacBooks, for that matter) an EXTRA-COST OPTION, and make matte screen displays the standard. That's the fair and logical thing for Apple to do, and I wouldn't mind at all paying for being in the Pro minority by paying an extra $50.00 USD, or even $100.00 over a standard matte-screen display in any and al of the Apple laptop line.
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  • MacBook and Air have Glossy Screens. Will Apple cancel Matte with the Pro?

    When the new MacBook Pro comes out, you think Apple will only release it in Glossy Screen, or still provide it's users with the choice to go Matte?
    How many people here who have the current MacBook Pro have either the Matte or Glossy MacBook Pro?
    I along with all my other colleges are anti-glossy screen, we work in bright environments and it is extremely hard to almost impossible to work with glare.
    Saeid.

    Because the MacBook Pro is one of Apple's 'professional' products I think the matte screen will always be an option as Glossy screens can make it hard for those in creative fields to match correct colours etc..

  • Replacing the glossy screen with a 3rd party anti-glare or matte

    I had my credit card ready to purchase 2 iMacs (finally rplacing our two G5's), until I realized that the anti-glare option with the 15" and 17" MBP would not be carried over to the iMacs. So I was wondering if anyone know of a third party with an option to replace the glossy screen with either a matte or an anti-glare screen. Would this void any warranty?

    Open letter to Apple:
    Let me first say, I'm a long-time, loyal Mac user (and defender). My first experience with Apple was in elementary school - on the Apple IIE. I created a game using DOS code in grade 5.
    My father was a high school teacher and brought home a Mac Plus when I was in high school. The "Paint" program that it came installed with initiated my humble beginnings as digital designer - even on the small black and white screen, with it's limited capabilities, I could see the potential. We were always a Mac family. When my mother finally retired, I talked her into getting the same 24" white IMac I currently have, because that way I could walk her through the setting up and use of it, and now we can skype each other and it's like she's here in the room with me, not a whole province away.
    I even had a Mac as a single mom struggling as a full time Communication Design student at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. My young daughter and I lived off my student loans, but they weren't enough to buy a Mac, so I asked my dad to co-sign a student line of credit so I could get a Mac to be compatible with the computers at school. This was the only way I could take my homework home and work while my daughter slept. I sacrificed a lot to have a Mac. We sacrificed.
    Skip ahead about a decade, I have my own small graphic design business, I currently have 3 Mac computers: I have a 24" white Imac as my main business tool; I have a titanium laptop for meetings and presentations, and a white Macbook laptop that my high school-aged daughter uses for school and socializing.
    I am now at the point in my growing business that it is finally time to upgrade all of my equipment. I've been excitedly holding out for the newest Imac release. I went in to our local BestBuy a few weeks ago to buy my new 27" fully loaded Imac (hey I've worked hard, why not splurge a little?) As I walked up to the Mac display and finally laid eyes on my long awaited dream machine, all I could see was the shocked and betrayed look on my face reflected in the shiny surface of the screen. I nearly cried, I was so disappointed. All I could think was "How could you? "
    What is the point of having the shiny screen? I feel so betrayed, so foolish, for sticking with Apple through thick and thin for nearly a quarter of a century. I have invested thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars in Apple products, peripherals, and MAC compatible software for all of my Macs. Adobe CS3, Microsoft Office, 3rd party applications, Mac compatible fonts, and even games. I have purchased protection plans, extra RAM, home insurance and back-up devices for my Macs. I was invested in you, Apple. So what now? Will my hard earned savings now go toward buying the new PC software needed to convert my business to PCs?
    The graphics industry, for a large part, has kept Apple going all these years. We have paid the premium for our Apples, and we have just been stabbed in the back by Apple. On behalf of the entire graphic design community in North America, Apple, please offer us a matte screen option on all your new computers.

  • Non-Glossy Screens

    Dear Apple,
    Please steer away from the glossy screens.
    Because let's be practical about this: nobody uses their computers in complete darkness; wether it's in the office at home, or actually in the office at work, there's always a light source from above, or a window behind the user, which results in unnecessary glaring on the screen. And retina or not, beautiful crystal clear and brilliant colors or not, the glare will distract from all those nice features that the product promises the user to be able to appreciate.
    Or at least bring the Matte Option back for the Apple LED Display, and the iMacs too. And please introduce the same option for the beautiful MacBook Pro Retina. Thank you.
    Sincerely,
    A disgruntled long-time Apple user

    Indeed!
    And some of us need 17" for video editing and weaker/older eysight.
    Robert

  • Regular Screen Vs. Glossy Screen

    I wanted to know what people thought about the display options. I heard pros and cons about both and I wanted to get other opinions on the subject. Gonna be using the MBP for editing photos, movies, and things of that nature. Thanks

    I just bought a MacBook Pro and went matt screen. My decision was based on a single question. Where do I intend to use it. While I do a lot of Photoshop work and color work, that's done on my Mac Pro 30" monitor yadda yadda. The MacBook will be for accessing the web and mail when traveling, downloading images from digital cameras for eventual sorting and processing later and being able to go to beautiful natural spots and write (I love doing that!). OK so most of my work would not be in a controlled environment, most outdoors. Reflections and glare would be an issue.
    Then I went to an Apple Store to check out the screens. All they had out were glossy. I couldn't believe it. The glare from all the lighting systems made trying to use the display laptops and iMacs intolerable from my point of view and I immediately decided against the glossy screen even though I really liked the 'pop' of the colors on a friend's new iMac in a stable environment where there are no noticeable reflections.

  • Does the Mac Air come in a matte screen option at all?

    I use the computer for graphics and BIM so am looking at the computer screen often for large amounts of time using high detail. I find the matte screen of my ibook good for my eyes (not sore or watery). I am upgrading to Mac Air and was just wondering whether anyone knows if apple can custom make a matte screen for the 13" Mac Air or if screen protectors are very effective at making the screen easier to view? Can anyone who has used the Mac Air for high detailed graphics recommend a good screen protector? Thanks!

    Unfortunately not. It's really crazy that Apple doesn't offer matte screens on more of their computers. They only have one option for it on the MacBook Pro, but it's not worth it for how much it costs. If you look around the net, you'll see an outcry for matte screens, even petitions, but Apple sticks to the glossy stuff which is terrible.
    I'm in the market to get a new laptop, and having a matte screen is a definite must. They're so much easier to read, less eye strain, better for people with eye problems (and those who don't) to stare at. Glossy has been shown to even give more headaches. I can't stand glossy screens. I'm on my 2006 MBP, matte came standard back then.
    I'd ideally like to get a 13" Air, but I can't stand glare so I am looking at getting a Samsung new Series 9, it has an awesome matte screen. If that means switching to Windows 7, so be it. Apple did it to themselves.

  • Regular glossy screen vs. Hi-Res Glossy

    I was wondering if there is a notice-able difference between the two displays? Hi res glossy and regular glossy screen
    I am planning on buying a 15 inch macbook pro before I go off to college.
    I haven't been able to see them side-by-side because all of the apple stores that I have been to have not had the hi-res screen.
    I won't be using the computer for major video/photo editing mostly entertainment movies/music/games and creating some presentations.
    So if anyone has any suggestions that would be great.

    MerrBear67,
    Welcome to the discussions. I'm hoping when you say "hi-res screen" you are referring to the hi-res antiglare screen.  It really comes down to your personal preference and maybe the depth of your wallet.  The glossy screens are susceptible to glare.  Whereas the antiglare screens are not and hi-res antiglare screens tend to be preferred by those who do a lot of graphics, photo and video editing, and for outdoor use as well.  There was a time when you could only get the hi-res, anti-glare screen on the 17" MBP.  But Apple listened to consumers and now they offer it as a $150.00 option on the 15" MBP and a $50.00 option on the 17" MBP.
    It's a shame that Apple Retail stores you've visited did not have at least one hi-res antiglare model for you to compare.  My personal prefernce is the hi-res antiglare screen.  I'm like Japamac, that is the only screen option I'll have.
    Good Luck,
    G-N

  • Glossy screens on MBP? No thanks!

    I just had to take my MBP (15 inch matte screen - lovely) into the local Apple store for an airport card fix so I thought I'd take a look at the new MBP models and I was alamred to find out that they only come with a glossy screen. Is this true? I had a black MAcbook with a glossy screen for about 5 minutes but traded it for a matte screen MBP after I realised that in anything other than a dimmly lit room, I could not see my work propoerly because of all the replections and high contrast issues. The matte screen is essential for propoer film/photo work - look at the Appple cinema displays. I sincerely hope that Apple is goign to bring out a matte screen option for the new MBP range soon.
    Another minor point, how are you supposed to operate the new intergrated mouse/click pad - another dumb change in my view....
    C'mon Apple, let's remeber the old mantra - 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'.

    I hear you and definitely share your outrage but I have to say this topic has been beaten to death. See this 2 threads that have had over 10,000 visits between them.
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1752541&start=0&tstart=0
    and
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1818481&start=0&tstart=0
    But Apple did listen or there wouldn't be a anti-glare option offered on the new 17" MBP. Let them know how you feel:
    http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbookpro.html

  • For those who bought the matte screen option, are you happy with it?

    Hello,
    I'm planning on getting a new Macbook Pro 15" and wanted to know if those who have the matte screen option are happy with it? Cosmetically does it look bad?
    Wondering whether to get the matte option or just buy one with the glossy screen and then buy an anti glare cover to go over it? The laptop I'm used to is my sister's older Powerbook which is matte but lately I'm always on her white Macbook which is glossy. I know when I've used it outdoors it's a pain and if I watch TV shows on it I have to adjust the screen to see it just right.
    So I thought I'd get others opinions. I don't have to have matte for work or anything but it's just my preference glare wise.

    I have a pair of 17" MBP's, the one from last year in glossy, and the new one (i7 2010 model) in matte. The main reason I got the matte is because that was the only 17" i7's that were in stock at the Apple Store...I've never had a very strong opinion gloss vs. matte.
    After close to a week, my eyes are liking the matte screen better. I also think the overall quality of the display is better...maybe my new one has a higher-quality panel than what my 2009 MBP has. Neither of them look "bad", but the I definitely enjoy looking at the images on the matte screen more. Also losing most of the reflections from the keyboard lighting is very nice in certain situations.
    I believe the matte screen makes the lid overall slightly less rigid. People who do careless stuff like opening/adjusting the lid by grabbing it from near one of the corners might find it easier to damage the matte screen that way.

  • 17" w/Glossy Screen

    Hi I am going to get a 17" for college and when i went to my local Apple store in Garden City, NY Roosevelt Field I asked for a 17" with the glossy screen but the guy there said that they don't have the MBP's in glossy screen and will never get them b/c It's a online thing only. I am wondering if anyone else encountered this before. I would think the local apple store would have that in stock all the time. Does anyone know if this is true or not?
    Thanks,
    Jeff

    Yes, that is a built to order option only. I just received my MBP 15" with the glossy screen . (Which I love.)
    By the way, when I ordered it online, it said that overall it would take ten days from that time, but it only ended up being four days. That was a great surprise.

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