Apple’s MacBook Pro screens used to come in two varieties – glossy and matte. All new MacBook varieties now have only glossy screens, but their reflective surfaces can cause difficulties for some users.
Updated August 12, 2009: Apple has now re-introduced the matte screen option for 15 and 17 inch MacBook Pro models, although it will cost you US$50 extra.
A glossy screen makes a mirror-like surface which picks up reflections, especially if there is light (such as a window) behind you. These reflections can be easily ignored by most people as they’re on a different focal plane to the screen’s image – like the difference between looking at a window (you’ll see all the dirt on the glass) and looking through a window (you won’t notice the dirt). But for some people the reflections are so distracting that the screen is almost unusable. If the reflections are a big problem for you, there are several options.
MacWorld magazine have tested two methods of making the new glossy screens less glare-prone – a modification done by TechRestore which replaces the screen itself with a less glare-prone screen without a glass front, and an anti-glare film which can be applied to the screen by the user like a screen protector film.
The second article, especially, compares the three methods and provides revealing photographs of the screens in glare-prone environments.
Website: Review: Power Support MacBook Pro Anti-Glare Film
- Ricky Buchanan
I have just been reading about removing the glare screen it is help by magnet only and educes about 50 % of the glare Apple is foolish for not woring with photographers and graphic designers who need a non glare choice hopefully there will not be a problem with the heat release escaping the from the front..we nned a replacement glass that works.
thanks