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1. My opinion, but it seem unfair to dismiss the glossy screen for outdoors without actually having used it. I'm writing this on a MBA right now and I regularly
by tomkarlo 15y ago
1. My opinion, but it seem unfair to dismiss the glossy screen for outdoors without actually having used it. I'm writing this on a MBA right now and I regularly use it outdoors without any problem, as do most of my coworkers.
2. If he's going to claim the battery life is better with extended battery, he needs to add it into his estimated weight as wel (which I don't believe he has.) Seems like at that point the X1 would be close to twice as heavy as the MBA, at least 1.5x.
- yule 15y agoFor what it's worth, I do use an MBA (3,2) and I sometimes have problems with the glare screen indoors (have to move it around to diminish sunlight reflection). Of course batteries add to the weight, I just mentioned it because sometimes you just need those extra hours, just like some people specifically need 8GB of RAM.
- tomkarlo 15y agoThe disadvantage of a glossy screen is that at some angles, you'll get more glare. The advantage is that (as you note) if you modify its angle, you get less glare than you would with a matte surface. Agreed that you sometimes need those extra hours. But to be fair you have to count their weight as well; you can double the usable life of a MacBook Air with an external battery if you need to but it also doubles the weight.