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My Impressions of the MacBook Pro M4

(michael.stapelberg.ch)
241 points secure | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 10:13 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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rottencupcakes ◴[31 Oct 25 19:00 UTC] No.45775475[source]▶
It's classic Apple to spend over a decade insisting that that glossy screens were the best option, and then to eventually roll out a matte screen as a "premium" feature with a bunch of marketing around it.
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lapcat ◴[31 Oct 25 19:40 UTC] No.45775889[source]▶
> It's classic Apple to spend over a decade insisting that that glossy screens were the best option

I don't recall Apple ever "insisting" anything about glossy vs. matte. They simply eliminated the matte option without comment, and finally brought it back many years later.

If you have a reference to a public statement from Apple defending the elimination of the matte option, I'd like to see it.

To be clear, I've been complaining about glossy Macs ever since matte was eliminated, and I too purchased an M4 MacBook Pro soon after it was available.

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kergonath ◴[31 Oct 25 20:02 UTC] No.45776100{3}[source]▶
> They simply eliminated the matte option without comment, and finally brought it back many years later.

Wasn’t the matte option that disappeared just then removing the glass in front of the screen? I seem to remember that (my MBP from that time was glossy).

The nano textured coating they are using now is quite complex and I am not quite sure it was applicable at such scales cheaply enough back in 2015.

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lapcat ◴[31 Oct 25 20:09 UTC] No.45776171{4}[source]▶
The PowerBook and the first MacBook Pro were only matte.

A glossy option was introduced in 2006, but the MacBook Pro was still matte by default.

In 2008, the MacBook Pro case was redesigned, and then the display situation changed significantly.

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1. bickfordb ◴[01 Nov 25 10:44 UTC] No.45780654{5}[source]▶
I don't think this is exactly accurate. The matte was a ~$80 upgrade option after they released the glossy. I definitely preferred the matte screens and still do. For coding reducing glare in uncontrolled environments is way more important to me than color fidelity, but to each their own.