[ale] stupid pricing games

[Geoffrey]

Pat Regan wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
>> I've seen a couple of these Dell 'glossy' screens.  All I can say is, 
>> what the hell were they thinking?  They show any small smudge and 
>> reflect any and every light from behind.  They are only useful in a dark 
>> room.
>>
> 
> They're actually only usable in either a dark or a PROPERLY lit room :).
> 
> Dell isn't the only manufacturer using the shiny displays, everyone is.

Well, they must be using different technologies.  My daughters MacBook 
Pro has a 'glossy' display, but it is fine.  I have a client who picked 
up a high end Dell laptop and it is absolutely terrible.  I don't know 
what the differences in the way Apple vs Dell are, but it's a world of 
difference as far as I can see.

> 
> I am always careful with my lighting.  I try to never position a desk so
> that a window is behind it.  Any sort of glare is just as annoying to me
> whether it is on my glossy display or any of my old matte panels.  I'm
> also a fan of indirect lighting :).
> 
> I got my first glossy display over 3 years ago.  At the time it had
> brighter and better looking color reproduction than any LCD panel I'd
> used previously.  They have two potential downsides.  The glare, and
> they seem to be pretty soft and easily scratched.
> 
> I got two little squiggly scratches on one that I can only assume was
> made by something stuck between the display and keyboard.  Both happened
> at different times.  I can't imagine anything more solid than a crumb of
> some sort ending up on between my keyboard and display.
> 
> Since glare upsets me no matter what sort of display I have it isn't a
> reason for me to choose a matte display.  The apparent softness worries
> me a bit, I've never scratched a laptop display in the last 12+ years
> that I've carried one.  I don't smudge my screen much because I'm one of
> those people who will contemplate breaking anyone's finger that touches
> my screen.  You don't have to touch to point! :)
> 
> For me the pro of a nicer display to look at outweighs the cons.  Your
> mileage will vary, I just felt someone should stick up for these glossy
> displays that I prefer looking at :).

Well, I guess it might be a vendor issue.


-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin