Opaque spots on anti glare screen?

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Opaque spots on anti glare screen?

I purchased my 17" MacBook Pro last April and noticed a few months ago when cleaning the screen that there were about four small opaque spots in various sizes on the screen. I have always taken great care and never used anything other than a microfiber cloth moistened with a very small amount of water to clean the screen, so I am sure these aren't water spots, although that's what they look like. You only see them when the screen is dark and my MBP is in sleep mode, they aren't visible when it's up and running, so I'm not too majorly concerned, but it does bother me enough to question it. Too, they seem to have increased in number with time.

Has anyone else experienced this? And does anyone know what this is from? Thanks for any and all help!

17" MacBook Pro i7, 64 GB 3G WiFi iPad , Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Jan 6, 2011 8:39 AM

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Susan Dennis Author

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Jan 6, 2011 11:14 AM in response to Susan Dennis

For a visual of the issue, go here:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=11675762&posted=1#post11675762

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leroydouglas

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Jan 6, 2011 11:17 AM in response to Susan Dennis

Susan Dennis wrote:
For a visual of the issue, go here:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=11675762&posted=1#post11675762

I see no graphic on the link you provide above.

My advise while under warranty contact Apple Retail Store or an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) for resolution, or call your nearest Apple Contact Center.

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Susan Dennis Author

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Jan 6, 2011 11:26 AM in response to leroydouglas

Link is fixed, the photo should be visible now...sorry! I

f it becomes worse or gets to the point where it's visible when I have the MBP on, I will definitely contact Apple support...I'm just curious to know what it is and if anyone else has experienced this. I did a search and there are several screen anomaly issues, but none of them like this one...at least from what I can find so far.

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Jan 8, 2011 4:33 PM in response to Susan Dennis

2 months ago I purchased a 15 inch Macbook Pro Antiglare high resolution display and I cleaned it a few days later with the original cloth and it left streaks so I used the iKlear cleaning cloth and it still left the streaks. Then I was really concerned and thought about returning the laptop, but I decided to use the terri cloth from iKlear and that helped tremendously. Days later I cleaned it again using the terri cloth but I noticed that it left streaks again and I accidentally scratch a tiny bit the bottom part of the screen and like an idiot I used a tiny bit of toothpaste to remove the scratch and made things worse. Luckily there are no dead pixels and when I turn the computer on you can't even tell the screen is messed up thanks to the LED which is intense. Now I totally regret buying this Antiglare laptop because cleaning it is a real pain in the neck and not worth the extra $150 that I paid for. I never had issues with the glossy screen even though it gets dirty quickly and easily, at least it's much easier to clean. Time to sell this and go back to glossy.

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