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i think technically it is $150 more, since the only way to get the antiglare is with the hi-res option. definitely annoying.

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I don't really care about the price, but the fact that you can't get the 13" version with the antiglare option. I have my laptop in the backback all the time and the 15" and 17" versions are just too large and too heavy.

Annoying? Unsurprising is appropriate too. Remember the $100 'black' tax? "Same model, specs, just in black, for only $100 more!" Apple knows that their fans might moan a little, but in the end will hand over their credit card regardless.

I don't remember that, and I owned a black MacBook.

hi-res version is TOTALLY worth it, however. Best $150 I spent, seriously, was the matte+hires screen

Indeed. Even more annoying is that adding high-res, anti-glare makes it a custom order for the 15". Apple Stores only stock the overkill $2599 15" version with the high-res matte screen.

> Indeed. Even more annoying is that adding high-res, anti-glare makes it a custom order for the 15". Apple Stores only stock the overkill $2599 15" version with the high-res matte screen.

Not true. Apple's retail stores often stock the high-end (high-res matte with the top-end i7) 15" model, so they can upsell. Not all stores will have it, and there's no guarantee (they typically only stock just a few at a time), but it's not online BTO only.

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