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

I have the 15" MBP in matte and I LOVE IT!!! IF you want a matte screen, don't buy glossy and try to go backwards. I'd buy an imac in an INSTANT if it had matte.

Outside the glossy screen is worse than matte. It's like a mirror and you can't see anything at all.

Go matte!

Message was edited by: thebaaron

I have an older original MBP with a matte screen, and I love it. No way would I ever want a glossy display. Like thebaaron, I would buy an iMac if it came with a matte display. At least with an iMac you can set it up in a location with minimal reflections. With a portable, reflections are much harder to control.

Maybe we all need to send feedback to Apple!

Good luck!

I have an iMacCore Duo that came with a matte screen and decided about 1 1/2 years ago to get a MBP 15" and choose the matte display. I'm glad I did. With the LED backlighting it looks great. And my eyes don't have to adjust from one matte screen to a glossy screen.

lenn

Hi,
My wife has a 13" MBP glossy for home use, and I have a 15" matte for daily work use, and I would get another matte in a heartbeat. I am currently sitting in the office with the sun streaming in the window across the desk, and my screen is perfectly usable, whereas I have to turn my external monitor so that the sun is not on it.
Good buying!

Hi, I JUST bought the NEW MBP 15" last night and I waited a week for the HD Antiglare screen. It is amazing! My wife has a 15" MBP the one prior to this release and she loves her glossy. I am used to a 30" Cinema display in matte and I am used to that.. BUT the 15 HD antiglare us HOT! You wont be sorry! But it cost me 150 more.. Hope this helps!

Question. When the antiglare screen is ordered for the new MacBook Pro 15", is the bezel black or silver?

I believe it is silver, but I can't locate an image of it on the Apple store site.

The bezel is silver on the matte screen. From the Apple Store...

"The antiglare display has a silver frame (border) around the display."

Here's an article with a picture someone took of the two side by side:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=898882

Personally, I like the look of the silver bezel. I like the silver keys of my original MBP as well, but I guess we can't have everything.

I have just bought a new 17" MBP today and I have been having the same thought about the screen finishes. In the end I opted for the matte. I'm really happy with it. It produces excellent color reproduction on my photos and can view from almost any angle in any light. It takes the hasle out of having to adjust the screen to aviod reflections

I'd highly reccomend the matte option.

If you are used to the matte as I was, you will be very disappointed in the glossy screen. My wife bought a MBP with glossy screen, and that's the main reason I just bought one with a matte display. The colors are great, and I don't have to look at the windows or light or whatever behind me. Way better.

Her 13" glossy screen has black around it. My 15" matte screen has silver.

I bought my 15-inch MBP with a matte screen six months ago and am extremely pleased with it. The reflective nature of the glossy screen is a major problem for me.

Parenthetically, I highly recommend getting the Solid State Drive, it runs quick, quiet and cool.

I also have a 15" MPB (earlier model) with a Matte screen, which is both excellent in terms of comfort of use and for processing images. However, this screen, like that of the previous poster, is at a lower resolution (1440 x 900) than the current optional offering in HD. The current HD matte display option may prove problematic in terms of system and program UI, as fonts may be difficult to read due to small size. This is, to my mind, regrettable, as this MBP upgrade appears otherwise excellent for those requiring greater processing power.

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.