On a tangential, what's the deal with glossy instead of matte screens on all mainstream laptops? Is it that they're more durable and easier to clean? Do the colors look better?
That's the only reason. Everyone buys the shiny thing.
My X1 is matte, and therefore its colors aren't as vibrant as a MBP (more washed out, its easy to tell), but there are advantages to matte, like lessened glare. So it is literally a "wash."