I first thought we oughta have a poll about it, but then I became aware that most people simply have a preference without ever trying out "the other one" in real life conditions (i.e. outside of a store). Hence the normal thread.
When all those PC notebooks came about with the first glossy screens, I clearly despised them. They had more vibrant colours, granted, but the glossiness meant I couldn't work with them. I said all the things critics say today, about Apple's decision to go all-glossy with the new MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.
I then sold my old PB G4 1.33 GHz and got the first white MacBook. And while the mirroring sometimes affected me, most of the time, I just forgot about it after 1.5 seconds, because my eyes automatically concentrated on the content of the _screen_ instead of the mirror-picture. (Which _is_ visible, of course.)
When I got my MacBook Air, however, I "saw the light". The screen's brightness is so incredibly good that a matte LCD-screen simply can't hold a candle to it. If you compare the yesterday-still-current MBP 15" with glossy screen and matte screen in real life conditions, it just doesn't matter that much. Glossy/LED _actually_ means you can use them outside, in the sun. Of course you should make sure that you don't have the sun watching your screen over your shoulder, but that's just common sense. On a matte screen, your picture simply vanishes, but on a glossy screen, you still can work quite well.
What I'm saying is: Don't be too sad about Apple removing the matte option. Instead: Make sure you get an LED screen. It's miles ahead of the (simple) TFT screens of old.
When all those PC notebooks came about with the first glossy screens, I clearly despised them. They had more vibrant colours, granted, but the glossiness meant I couldn't work with them. I said all the things critics say today, about Apple's decision to go all-glossy with the new MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.
I then sold my old PB G4 1.33 GHz and got the first white MacBook. And while the mirroring sometimes affected me, most of the time, I just forgot about it after 1.5 seconds, because my eyes automatically concentrated on the content of the _screen_ instead of the mirror-picture. (Which _is_ visible, of course.)
When I got my MacBook Air, however, I "saw the light". The screen's brightness is so incredibly good that a matte LCD-screen simply can't hold a candle to it. If you compare the yesterday-still-current MBP 15" with glossy screen and matte screen in real life conditions, it just doesn't matter that much. Glossy/LED _actually_ means you can use them outside, in the sun. Of course you should make sure that you don't have the sun watching your screen over your shoulder, but that's just common sense. On a matte screen, your picture simply vanishes, but on a glossy screen, you still can work quite well.
What I'm saying is: Don't be too sad about Apple removing the matte option. Instead: Make sure you get an LED screen. It's miles ahead of the (simple) TFT screens of old.