Enjoy the new computer. I replace a five year old laptop with a 14" MBP with the nano-texture display. I really like the display; the lack of refection is easier on my eyes.
I considered the nano-texture option, but I don’t have issues with glare currently, and reportedly there’s a (very slight) loss of contrast with it. Most of my use with it will be in clamshell mode connected to a 5K:2K display, anyway.
It’s not Apple’s first go at this. The PowerBooks, iBooks and early MacBooks had matte displays. In 2008, they started using glossy displays and at the time they stated:
Photos feel crisper. Movies play vividly. Even daily tasks like surfing the Web and checking email take on a whole new sheen.
Still, for a couple of model releases just after that they charged $50 more to get matte as a CTO option (configure to order, like the 2 TB SSD option in the box above), then went glossy only. In 2015, they started putting an anti-glare coating on MBPs, but there were issues with it delaminating (including an
unannounced repair program that is probably why they went with etching instead of a coating this time around).
Here are a 2004 12” PowerBook G4 (left), a 2010 17” MBP (center/back) and a 2008 13” Unibody MacBook (right) that was the first one to get a glossy screen.
I actually just prepped those three vintage Macs yesterday to have them recycled by Apple. All of them powered on! The 2010 17” MBP was in active use by my son until several months ago when my wife replaced her 2020 Intel MacBook Pro with a 14” M3 Pro MBP and handed the 2020 down to him, so I was able just erase the SSD and reinstall MacOS (no need for the latter, really).
The 2008 MacBook booted fine (testament to Apple’s durability), and I erased the SSD that I had swapped for the original HDD. That was as easy as it ever got on a MacBook, that model has a finger-release latch on the bottom that lets you directly replace the battery, and the HDD with just the two screws holding the bracket.
The 2004 PowerBook actually powered on but booted to a ? folder (no System Folder found), so rather than try to solve that conundrum I just opened it up, removed the HDD wiped it the sure and certain way…a strong magnet followed by a hammer. I was a little sloppy putting it back together, which is why the F11 key is askew (unlike the 2008 Unibody, that job was ~30 screws and going in under the keyboard).
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