Matte Screen

I suggest you apply a "screen protector"with a matte finish.

johntanasoff wrote:

Cheers 😉

As english is not my native language; what did you mean with:
[quote]We bought "lowest bidder" and were perfectly satisfied with the result -- but application is a lot of fussy-work.[/quote]

Mainly the application being fussy-work? You mean you bough old HW and the SW runs slow?

OK - I looked it up, and the last time there was a MacBook Pro sold with a matte display finish was 2013.

The screen may be glossy, but has an anti-reflective coating. In general I find this is better as the it might as well be lower resolution with a matte covering. You lose a lot of the advantages of having a higher resolution screen because the matte finish ends blurring the detail.

The issue with any kind of film laid over glass/plastic is little bubbles or dust that get under the film. I remember having a "screen protector" for the relatively small iPhone 4s screen. When installing it (which I did several times) I remember how hard it was to place without all these little bubbles that I had to push out. And one of the frustrating things was all these bits of dust that got between the screen and the film. I would use adhesive tape to try and lift them off, while hoping that a new bit of dust didn't get deposited. This was for something that would fit in my hand. Now try dealing with bubbles and dust on a screen with over 20 times the area.

Kind of a speculation about product plans. In general that kind of discussion can be shut down here as a violation of the terms of use.

That being said, Apple hasn't had a matte screen for I don't know how long. If you need it you're just going to need an overlay sheet or some other filter.

johntanasoff wrote:

If the film is soft maybe...
I have a hard plastic film on my phone and never had the issues you describe so far 🙂

If it's hard, there won't be static adhesion. You'll need an adhesive that might damage the coating. There are filters that don't touch the screen and hang from a frame, but they look awkward.

No, sorry for my jargon.

"Lowest bidder" is a way contracts are awarded. You ask five companies what they would charge, and the one who charges the least gets the contact to provide them all. Sometimes quality of "lowest bidder" products is not so good. What we did was to go on Amazon and see who had acceptable product for the least money.

Putting the film onto the screen generally does not use adhesive. The film resembles a window decal that adheres without adhesive once you press it in place. You start in one corner or along one edge, and remove the backing paper, and press the film down. If you take ten seconds to do it, it will be crooked and have lint trapped under the film. So you have to get everything very clean, then lay it down slowly and deliberately, checking for lint as you go. If you capture lint underneath the film, back up and take the lint out and then proceed.

I am far, far, too cheap to ever pay that much for a screen protector/matte finish or otherwise. So I cannot advise you on that one. We bought "lowest bidder" and were perfectly satisfied with the result -- but application is a lot of fussy-work.

If you have an Apple store available, go look at them. They are not "display models". They are "go ahead and use them" models. Bring your software and other stuff as well.

When you are done, they re-boot and completely replace the operating system off a server in the back room -- so no worries about anything you might have added, even by accident.