How to upgrade my MBP glossy screen to antiglare??

I already purchased the MBP 15 however I want to change the screen to antiglare. I know I can install an antiglare film but this hits the image.
How to upgrade my MBP glossy screen to antiglare after I already purchased the MBP? Is it possible to do it through apple?

That would mean replacing the top cover of hte MBP, something on the order of $500...and would have to be done by Apple or an authorized Apple repair or it will void the warranty.  You could try talking to an Apple store genius bar person and see if they would do that but it will not be cheap.

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    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
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    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1818481&start=0&tstart=0
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    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.
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  • What are the different model numbers for the glossy screen and the matte?

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    I am just switching over from having to use a PC for 15 years back to where I started using macs. What are the benefits of the glossy screen?

    You may want to check out your local Apple store where both the glossy and matte screens are on display.
    Glossy screens provide more vivid, vibrant colors and deeper, richer blacks. They're great for watching movies, viewing photos, etc.
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  • How do I know if I have an antiglare screen

    Hello there,
    Just wondering airing on the line of paranoia I suppose but I just bought a MBP from apple specifically with an anti glare screen and paid an extra £80 for the privilage.
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    So I get it has AG wrote on the serial number but this doesnt exclude human error when building.  People get things wrong. What if im stuck with a glossy screen or standard by pure accident. I was sort of hoping anti glare would have been discreetly wrote somewhere on the screen sides. 
    The more I write the more I feel im going to get hammered over this, go ahead, im ex military and like a laugh, even at my own expense, but please can someone try and answer my genuin Q. 
    Many thanks
    Loch,
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    Hi all,
    Yes this answers my question, if only the Antiglare screen comes in grey.
    Thanks guys.
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    Bizzarly Plasma screens and good old CRTs are no problem.  LED is just as bad as LCD. No diff.
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    Thanks again for all that contributed. 

  • 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!)

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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.
    The matte screen's no longer what I use on my laptops for pro work, and i prefer it that way. But I know, too, that if Apple suddenly yanked the glossy displays with NO Option AT ALL of buying a MBP with a glossy display, I'd be freakin' livid. So I empathize with those pros, and anyone else, who prefers matte screens but who've been unfairly 'locked out' by Apple from paying the same as glossy screen laptops on the 15" and the 17" UMBPs and having NO glossy option on the 13" UMBP. Makes no sense at all, to quote Husker Du. ;^) BUT- pros who prefer the glossy display MBPs (I've owned all 3 unibody MBPs, with and without the superior quality latest-generation displays- the 13" MBP, the 15" MBP and the 17"), should, IMO, have at least the option to purchase the glossy display, at least as an extra-cost option. THAT would make the most sense, since the majority of pros who use UMBPs prefer the matte screen, and that vast majority should not only have the matte-screen option, but the matte-screen discount as well!

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