DISQUS

Remember, if you study business history, it seems that no one company can maintain ascendancy forever. Often, top companies have a period of dominance of say 10-20 years, mostly.

You think I'm taking about Microsoft, true, but I'm actually referring to Apple.

In the future, we will look at the Vista period as Apple's golden opportunity to steal the march on Microsoft by capturing massive marketshare by opening up its OS to licensing.

Right now, Vista is not even good enough.

But once Vista gets roughly good enough -- not brilliant -- but works fine and does not crash, and gets the job done, people are just going to stick with Microsoft again.

Never again will Apple have had a chance to turn the tables.

Let's take a 20 year bet on this one. Record this bet in your long term reminder system and see if I am correct.

I DID GO TO A STORE, and checked out the new MacBook Pro's and the reflections were INTOLERABLE.

People who say reflections are a non-issue, must realise that this is a personal thing. It affects some people's eyes more than others. So don't call it bullshit.

Do a google search for "glossy matte poll", and you'll find dozens of polls on the subject.

Here's a review of some results (who prefer matte):

45%
48%
68%
50%
54%
72%

Average: 56%. That's a majority. Actually, it ties in what what the local Apple store salesman told me, which is that it's roughly 50-50 of people who prefer matte and gloss.


Here are some poll questions:


1) What are your feelings on the glossy-only screen in the new MacBook Pro (and MacBook)?

Love it, already ordered one! 5.73%
Looks sharp, planning on buying 15.92%
Looks good, but no plans to purchase 16.97%
Need to see it in person before judging 14.75%
Dislike glossy screen, but will buy anyway 15.06%
Hate glossy screens, will not buy because of it 29.41%
Other? 2.15%

http://www.macosxhints.com/polls/index.php




2) Gloss or Matte?
Gloss - 50.00%
Matte! - 48.39%

http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/sho...



3) Glossy or Matte?
Glossy 24.14%
Matte 68.97%
Neutral (Doesn't Matter) 6.90%
You Can Choose? 0%

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=24...


4) Glossy or Matte Display ? (new imac vs old imac)
Matte 50.00%
Glossy 50.00%



5) What's your display like?

Poll Options:
My matte is great 54.10%
My matte is bad 3.28%
My glossy is great 39.34%
My glossy is bad 3.28%

http://forums.macnn.com/69/mac-notebooks/318569...



6) Glossy or Matte screen?
Glossy 27.27%
Matte 72.73%

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/19/33640023-m...