Apple's redesigned 2012 iMacs rumored to feature anti-reflective glass displays (http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/04/02/apples_redesigned_2012_imacs_rumored_to_feature_an ti_reflective_glass_displays.html)

I really hope this is true, and that they also extend this to the MBP line as well.

Just as an FYI for people who might think differently: Anti-reflective glass doesn't mean matte display - it's still a glossy LCD panel underneath an anti-reflective glass panel. That's what the rumor appears to imply. It should help with undesired glare, but it's no matte display. Certainly a welcomed change, if it happens.

When I read that I thought you might be happy.

Just as an FYI for people who might think differently: Anti-reflective glass doesn't mean matte display - it's still a glossy LCD panel underneath an anti-reflective glass panel. That's what the rumor appears to imply. It should help with undesired glare, but it's no matte display. Certainly a welcomed change, if it happens.

I'm well aware of this fact. But it seems to me, that this is pretty much the same as we had with crt displays that also had glass fronts, with an anti-glare coating.

Anti-glare makes a huge difference.

I've never had a problem with the glossy screen. Yeah you can see reflections in it when there's something dark showing on the screen but somehow when you are actually looking at something you look through that and don't notice it. I've never had a problem with actual glare.

it's a disaster anywhere with windows, like say my office, or any office in the building for that matter that has windows.

Or overhead lights.

Our home's windows are all covered in various versions of venetian blinds. The one MBP I had with the glossy screen drove me crazy no matter what room I tried to use it in and I got rid of it two months after I made the mistake of buying it. Have paid the premium for matte ever since.

My Mac is set up so that the windows in my place are in front of me (ie well behind the Mac). If I took a picture fo the two monitors and you didn't know you would not be able to tell which is glossy and which is matte.

I have nothing against matte screens, but glossy has not been an issue for me. My iPad is the glossiest, glassiest, reflecting-est thing I've ever owned and I use it everywhere. The only time I ever notice a reflection is when the screen goes black or I'm editing a dark photo. When the screen is fully lit I can't see it, or maybe I just am able to "look past it."

In any event, the iPad's (iPhone's, MacBook Pro's, MacBook Air's) sales numbers would suggest that this is less of a "problem" than some of us are making it out to be. That said, I'd welcome any innovations from Apple that reduce the possibility of glare or excessive reflection, make the products more usable in bright sunlight and so forth.

My Mac is set up so that the windows in my place are in front of me (ie well behind the Mac). If I took a picture fo the two monitors and you didn't know you would not be able to tell which is glossy and which is matte.

I have nothing against matte screens, but glossy has not been an issue for me. My iPad is the glossiest, glassiest, reflecting-est thing I've ever owned and I use it everywhere. The only time I ever notice a reflection is when the screen goes black or I'm editing a dark photo. When the screen is fully lit I can't see it, or maybe I just am able to "look past it."

In any event, the iPad's (iPhone's, MacBook Pro's, MacBook Air's) sales numbers would suggest that this is less of a "problem" than some of us are making it out to be. That said, I'd welcome any innovations from Apple that reduce the possibility of glare or excessive reflection, make the products more usable in bright sunlight and so forth.

Mobile screens are easy to manipulate to reduce glare. We probably do it subconsciously at this point. An iMac is a different story and they can't always be placed with the back to a window.

I wonder what the numbers would be if you didn't have to pay the premium for the antiglare.

Let's say, both glass, just one with an anti-glare coating, same price. I'd say that'd be a more fair set of numbers.