Screen Glare On 13" Retina

[skippybangkok]

Is it a big issue ? Worried about buying one - I hate glare

[Jimi007]

It would depend on the lighting environment you are using it in, as with any display... As alway better indoors than outdoors.

[Tywais]

Also you can buy screen protectors in a variety of densities and matt finishes if it proves a problem. I have a friend with one and protector stops the glare with a penalty of lower brightness but can be compensated with increasing the screen brightness.

I have an ASUS tf700, 1920x1200 and it has a glossy screen. I haven't found it to be an issue at all actually indoors or out.

[skippybangkok]

Also you can buy screen protectors in a variety of densities and matt finishes if it proves a problem. I have a friend with one and protector stops the glare with a penalty of lower brightness but can be compensated with increasing the screen brightness.

I have an ASUS tf700, 1920x1200 and it has a glossy screen. I haven't found it to be an issue at all actually indoors or out.

Thanks........

[Tywais]

Also you can buy screen protectors in a variety of densities and matt finishes if it proves a problem. I have a friend with one and protector stops the glare with a penalty of lower brightness but can be compensated with increasing the screen brightness.

I have an ASUS tf700, 1920x1200 and it has a glossy screen. I haven't found it to be an issue at all actually indoors or out.

Thanks........

I'm assuming the MacBook Pro Retina model. PC Mag says this - "Glare is still present due to the glass bonded to the display, but it's subdued and as a result dark colors and blacks are rich on the screen. "

[negreanu]

Glare is much better on the Retina displays. Obviously not as good as the CTO antiglare screen on the cMBP but way better than last models.

[skippybangkok]

Wish me luck..... Just paid for it. Changes the spec, 512gb flash memory....... Looking forward to not have to wait for ever for my pc to boot up.

Now... Interesting question, took me yonks to sync several hundred GB with drop box, but if I move to apple and install drop box, and then install the folders exactly the same, will drop box be smart enough to consider it the same, or will it want a fresh synch ?

Edited February 15, 2013 by skippybangkok

[DaveBKK]

Re: Dropbox, not sure. BUT if you have 2 computers on the same LAN/Wifi, Dropbox can detect that and will sync files over the local network rather than going out to the WAN/Internet, so that should help.

[skippybangkok]

Re: Dropbox, not sure. BUT if you have 2 computers on the same LAN/Wifi, Dropbox can detect that and will sync files over the local network rather than going out to the WAN/Internet, so that should help.

Thanks..... That would work well, fast....... Just hope that then the new computer is then considered in sync with the web based version. It's not easy to get several hundred GB through a 4mb ADSL line.

[monty]

Recently done this dropbox thing (new pc, copied all the folders/files into the dropbox folder on the new pc), and when going online it took only a few minutes for dropbox to check all the "last modified" dates of the files on the pc against the files on the server and declare the whole lot to be synchronized...

[skippybangkok]

Recently done this dropbox thing (new pc, copied all the folders/files into the dropbox folder on the new pc), and when going online it took only a few minutes for dropbox to check all the "last modified" dates of the files on the pc against the files on the server and declare the whole lot to be synchronized...

Cool. Thanks