Matte vs Glossy screens

[dkane360]

Hey guys (and gals?), I'm trying to decide between a matte vs a glossy screen for my new macbook pro. I'll be using it for photo editing, web browsing, lots of reading, even more office files (excel, word), and light video editing. I'm leaning towards the matte because I feel like it will be easier on the eyes and have more accurate colors.

Mac vs PC aside, what's your personal screen preference?

 

[its phillip]

Matte always.

 

[highfigh]

Hey guys (and gals?), I'm trying to decide between a matte vs a glossy screen for my new macbook pro. I'll be using it for photo editing, web browsing, lots of reading, even more office files (excel, word), and light video editing. I'm leaning towards the matte because I feel like it will be easier on the eyes and have more accurate colors.

Mac vs PC aside, what's your personal screen preference?

Just like photographic paper, glossy will look sharper but it reflects more ambient light, too. If you can control the light behind you when you're working with this computer, a glossy screen will be better. If you're doing photo editing, you'll need to calibrate the screen- some good ones are out there for not a ton of money. I used to see them in Outdoor Photographer and PC Photo magazines.

 

[jeffsg4mac]

I would go glossy too for photo and video. I would only do matte if I were using it strictly for writing.

 

[haraldo]

I do have a Dell Studio XPS 16 with a 16" glossy monitor, it's perfectly fine as long as there are no reflections and no strong light sources around... but if there is any reflections, it's not really so good......

I would prefer matte

 

[cschang]

If you getting a MacBook, it suggests that you will be using it in different areas, which means different lighting conditions. If that is the case, then I would go with the matte.

 

[j_garcia]

My work laptop has a gloss screen and I hate it. No matter what I do, it is a dust magnet and then it is tougher to clean when it is dirty which is pretty much all the time. End of line.

 

[dkane360]

Ended up with matte. Thanks guys!

 

[jeffsg4mac]

Ended up with matte. Thanks guys!

Did you get a quad core?

 

[haraldo]

My work laptop has a gloss screen and I hate it. No matter what I do, it is a dust magnet and then it is tougher to clean when it is dirty which is pretty much all the time. End of line.

Oh yes, the cleaning part too is horrible..... like always
The glossy screens should come bundled with a cleaner assistent

 

[dkane360]

Did you get a quad core?

I got the 15" 2.3 Ghz quad core i7. it's pretty snazzy

I swapped out the 5400 rpm hard drive with a 7200 I already had, and I'll be upgrading the ram to 8gb.

 

[jeffsg4mac]

I got the 15" 2.3 Ghz quad core i7. it's pretty snazzy

I swapped out the 5400 rpm hard drive with a 7200 I already had, and I'll be upgrading the ram to 8gb.

Sweeeet! I was going to say swap out that drive. I don't know why Apple puts in those 5400 speed drives I put in a hybrid drive in my wife's 2.2 core 2 duo macbook and it made a big difference.

 

[Slipery99]

Gloss are horrible for dust..

 

[rnatalli]

Glossy can be nice, but given the choice, I would go with matte.