“The new MacBook Pro is slightly thinner than its predecessor, but as soon as you touch it, you’ll notice that it feels as solid as a rock. That’s due to Apple’s groundbreaking precision unibody construction process, which mills the entire enclosure from a single solid block of aluminum. It’s completely smooth, totally seamless, and noticeably more rigid and durable than previous models, yet it weighs about the same, 5.5 pounds,” Bob Levitus reports for The Houston Chronicle.
“Another big change is that new MacBook Pros, along with all other Apple notebooks, now have ultrathin glossy LED-backlit displays. The new screen is thinner and brighter, and with its gorgeous, richly saturated colors and deep dark blacks, it may be the best-looking notebook display I’ve ever seen,” Levitus reports.
“Furthermore, LED backlighting is more energy- efficient than the previous cold cathode fluorescent lamp technology, which means better battery life. Finally, I was pleased to learn that these displays are both arsenic- and mercury-free, making them greener than ever,” Levitus reports.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Chuckles the Microsoft CEO” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Note: The results of our poll yesterday:
Should Apple offer customers a matte screen option for MacBook, MacBook Pro?
• 57% – Yes
• 36% – No
• 07% – Unsure
(1663 total votes)
I would HAPPILY pay Apple a bit more money to have a matte screen on a Mac I bought. So long as it was constructed to Apple’s usual high standards.
One thing is for sure – 100%… I’m NOT going to spend the next five years of my professional life battling with glossy screen reflections… attempting to mentally eliminate them from the information I am receiving on screen… and rearranging my office space in an effort to deal with this totally unnecessary obstacle.
If Apple wish to place form over function (matte metal box complimented with glossy glass screen… oooohhh what an irresistibly sexy body!) they can. But it might leave a lot of us long-term committed customers wishing Apple was FORCED to licence OS X so we could get our very real needs met by third-parties… companies who are perhaps prepared to listen and take those needs more seriously.
On its website, Apple gives emphasis to the light glare obscuring the ‘content’ which it is the screen’s sole purpose to show. In my view that is a design fault and Jonathan Ive should be cautioned by the company that prides itself on making modern, simple, ‘fit for purpose’ products.
I agree the results on the poll are odd. My guess is that people didn’t read the question because who really wants fewer options (as others have said)?
For the record, I love my glossy screen. I thought I would hate it as I am a hands-on creative director that spends hours and hours working on my computers. After 3 years of usage, I have never had a glare issue that a simple tweak of the screen angle couldn’t resolve (and even that rarely was required).
I’m sure everyone has their own preferences, but don’t buy too much into the whole glossy screens are the end of the world hype. Try it out for yourself. Apple gives you 14 days to return if you’re that much of a delicate flower.
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This photo tells the true story about the new glossy screens:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=2417