{"id":123,"date":"2006-05-20T12:11:36","date_gmt":"2006-05-20T17:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dillernet.com\/apple\/?p=123"},"modified":"2006-05-20T12:11:36","modified_gmt":"2006-05-20T17:11:36","slug":"macbook-lcd-screens-gloss-or-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dillernet.com\/apple\/2006\/05\/20\/macbook-lcd-screens-gloss-or-not\/","title":{"rendered":"MacBook LCD Screens- Gloss or Not?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a large amount of chatter regarding the new glossy LCD screens on the MacBooks, and the option to have one on your MacBook Pro. I found an amazing link to page<\/a> that describes what the technical differences are, and why you want one or the other.<\/p>\n

It seems to me that it comes down to your viewing habits- if the majority of your work with the laptop is going to be in a well-lit space, like and office, where you don’t have so much control over the lighting conditions, you are best off with the non-gloss (matte) panels. If however, you work mostly at home, or in some darkish coffee shop the sharpness and the clarity of the glossy LCD is undeniable.<\/p>\n

I’m favoring the gloss, since I get to work at home most of the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is a large amount of chatter regarding the new glossy LCD screens on the MacBooks, and the option to have one on your MacBook Pro. I found an amazing link to page that describes what the technical differences are, and why you want one or the other. It seems to me that it comes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mac"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3PE01-1Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133,"url":"https:\/\/dillernet.com\/apple\/2006\/06\/28\/macbook-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":123,"position":0},"title":"MacBook Update","author":"admin","date":"June 28, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I've had my MacBook (white) for a few weeks now. 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