[dark steve]

Probably I am going to buy a macbook pro soon and I do not understand the consequences of this choice. Insight?

[BotageL]

Glossy is what you see on most laptops in stores; it offers "better color," they claim, but it also makes the screen really really prone to glare. Matte is the more traditional LCD screen finish (think LCD monitors you've seen).
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[Teflon]

Out of idle curiosity, are glossy screens easier to clean?
I'm pretty terrified of cleaning my screen, it's delicate like a newborn kitten but sort of tacky at the same time so shit really gets stuck on there.

[Takashi]

Glossy screens, especially bad ones, are dust and fingerprint magnets.
They are as tough as regular screens, since the final coating is of minor importance to it's integrity.
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[Mr Mustache]

Glossy screens are supposed to be better at crunching blacks...which is important, but I prefer matte screens on laptops.
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[Panoptic]

Yeah, glossy provides deeper blacks. Took me a while to get used to it on my notebook, but I think I'd take it over matte if given the choice again.

[Corinth]

dark steve, it doesn't matter one whit of a fuck. Go to a store, any store, compare glossy and matte screens, and choose the one that pleases you the most. People will tell you that THIS SCREEN HAS A HIGHER AGILITY STAT BY FOUR or THIS ONE CAN SAVING THROW SIX PERCENT OF THE TIME but seriously, that's retarded. Pick the type that seems nicest to you.

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[Hot Stott Bot]

Glossy has better colors, but for the portable lifestyle, I'd say matte is the move to make. If you're getting a home monitor and have the option though, I'd go glossy.

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[Baron Patsy]

My new laptop has what I think is a glossy screen (it's highly reflective, like glass. That's glossy, correct?) and I must say that I prefer it vastly to my previous laptop's matte screen. It might just be my imagination, but it seems much crisper and cleaner.

[wackodave]

It might just be a newer more expensive screen on your new laptop. I second the go into a store and compare them yourself idea.

[Loki Laufeyson]

when you look at a matte screen that's switched off, you don't see a reflection, just the inky blackness of oblivion.
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