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Still glossy display only.

There's a big difference between the MBA glossy display and the macbook pro glass display. I use the MBA daily but when I got a chance to play around with a friend's 17" MBP glossy... it was terribly unusable.

At least you can custom order the MBP a with non-glossy hi-res display (I'm quite happy with mine now). I don't think that option exists for the MBA.

MBA is not nearly as glossy as the MBP.

Is it just because of the screen size or is the material different somehow? I'm actually toying with the idea of buying one to take with me on the road where the 15" colossus is just impractical...

I think the MBA glossy display is plastic and the MBP glossy display is glass.

I don't think we should be making excuses here.

I recently bought a $200 samsung netbook that is perfectly usable in bright sunlight with sun-glasses on. Try it in a store with a sunny corner if you don't believe me, it's the NF310 and I'm not making it up.

I haven't seen the latest MBA yet, but the prev generation turns into a perfect mirror under the same lighting conditions.

This is one of the few things holding me back as well. I have a couple gen back 15" mpb with matte finish, and have tried to like the glossies, but after extended use they really make my eyes ache. Not so with the matte.

I keep hearing the mba glossy isn't too bad. I will have to wander down to a mac store and fiddle with one in person.

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