As hard as he tried to make it look like it doesn't have glare problems, bamn, right bottom corner.
Gloss is bearable when your looking at very bright things like white screens with dark text, such as most of the work you do on a computer. Be prepared to be disappointed when you go to use your new iMac 24" as a TV / Movie player, because it's completely the opposite.
Bad. I set up my nephews (ok he set it up, I watched like a big kid) an hour ago and it reflected light from the desk lamp, the desk itself, and the window behind him. It was easy enough to fix with a ten dollar glare/privacy filter by 3M that I picked up down the street from Best Buy, but why Jobs would go out of his way to mention that 'people seem to prefer the glossy screen' seemed a little silly to me, as I've never heard anyone say anything positive about them in real world situations. It's a cheap fix and therefor not a deal breaker, but contrast-wise, the screen is not as attractive as comparable models from Samsung or Dell. On the upside, there were no dead pixels, and no backlight bleedthrough either. Response was good, with no bluring or artifacts during HD playback of action scenes. The 24 inch screen is definately going to buy him some dorm cred, as it looks fantastic when playing movies. All in all, I think he's going to be really happy with it, which makes me happy as I am footing the bill :-)
Yeah I earned a bit of 'Awesome Uncle' cred this morning, about $1700 worth, or however much it was including taxes. :-) I kinda trapped myself in a corner last spring when I promised him I'd buy him whatever Apple released in August if he got straight A's that semester. It was a 50/50 bet, as Apple either updates the iMac/Macbook line, or the iPod in August, so I didn't think twice about it till he handed me his final report card with that classic teenage shit eating grin. He's a good kid though, and his mom/my sister is recently divorced so things are a little tight money-wise for them right now. I was going to get him the 20" model till I saw how nice the 24" was in looks and specs.
The girl who sold it too me talked me into getting him the kensington lock too, actually. I figured it would be safe in his dorm room, but she reminded me that people are always coming in and out of dorm rooms, and although doors are usually locked by default, most college aged kids forget to make sure the door is closed all the way behind them when they leave. I couldn't argue with a 20-30 dollar protection for a 1700 dollar investment.
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Glossy good or bad?
Bad in anything other than a completely dark room or a perfectly positioned screen / window / desk combo.
For example:
http://www.engadget.com/photos/apple-4g-imac-first-unboxing-impressions/344904/
As hard as he tried to make it look like it doesn't have glare problems, bamn, right bottom corner.
Gloss is bearable when your looking at very bright things like white screens with dark text, such as most of the work you do on a computer. Be prepared to be disappointed when you go to use your new iMac 24" as a TV / Movie player, because it's completely the opposite.
Bad. I set up my nephews (ok he set it up, I watched like a big kid) an hour ago and it reflected light from the desk lamp, the desk itself, and the window behind him. It was easy enough to fix with a ten dollar glare/privacy filter by 3M that I picked up down the street from Best Buy, but why Jobs would go out of his way to mention that 'people seem to prefer the glossy screen' seemed a little silly to me, as I've never heard anyone say anything positive about them in real world situations. It's a cheap fix and therefor not a deal breaker, but contrast-wise, the screen is not as attractive as comparable models from Samsung or Dell. On the upside, there were no dead pixels, and no backlight bleedthrough either. Response was good, with no bluring or artifacts during HD playback of action scenes. The 24 inch screen is definately going to buy him some dorm cred, as it looks fantastic when playing movies. All in all, I think he's going to be really happy with it, which makes me happy as I am footing the bill :-)
@ Cash
That's a nice uncle. Don't let me nephew hear about this. :)
PS - get him a Kenningston Lock for that thing if you want to keep it in his dorm room. :|
It's good for the MPAA. No more of that group media thievery people do. About time that gets dealt with!
@getz76
Yeah I earned a bit of 'Awesome Uncle' cred this morning, about $1700 worth, or however much it was including taxes. :-) I kinda trapped myself in a corner last spring when I promised him I'd buy him whatever Apple released in August if he got straight A's that semester. It was a 50/50 bet, as Apple either updates the iMac/Macbook line, or the iPod in August, so I didn't think twice about it till he handed me his final report card with that classic teenage shit eating grin. He's a good kid though, and his mom/my sister is recently divorced so things are a little tight money-wise for them right now. I was going to get him the 20" model till I saw how nice the 24" was in looks and specs.
The girl who sold it too me talked me into getting him the kensington lock too, actually. I figured it would be safe in his dorm room, but she reminded me that people are always coming in and out of dorm rooms, and although doors are usually locked by default, most college aged kids forget to make sure the door is closed all the way behind them when they leave. I couldn't argue with a 20-30 dollar protection for a 1700 dollar investment.