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I miss the old non-reflecting plastic screens we used to have on laptops but I guess shiny glass sells better. Form over functional IMO.

kjkjadksj 4y ago
Apple used to offer that in 17” even
jabbany 4y ago
Actually most budget laptops still use plastic screens... It's only the high end models where things become glass. It almost makes sense, since if you're buying an expensive laptop, you're probably OK with higher cost of ownership too (as seen by the other replies on this thread of people spending multiple hundreds to repair their screens).
- martyvis 4y ago
  Touch screens need to be glass, which is also in a lot of higher end non-Apple laptops.
  - jabbany 4y ago
    Actually they don't at all. I have a few older tablets that have plastic screens and touch works just fine (not great, but good enough). The main benefit of glass is just that it looks nicer (clearer) and maintains the flatness of the screen better (compared to even harder plastic which will still deform a lot under pressure). On phones there is an additional benefit of scratch resistance, but that's less of an issue for laptops.
  - pmontra 4y ago
    My 2016 car's touchscreen is plastic and capacitive (I operate it my my fingertips, not with nails.)
- TacticalCoder 4y ago
  > (as seen by the other replies on this thread of people spending multiple hundreds to repair their screens) I'd rather buy a 500 EUR non Apple laptop than pay the 490 EUR I was quoted to repair my M1 MacBook Air's screen. I mean: I get it fixed, than what? It's still a prone-to-crack screen I get. And there's no way I'm thinking: "Oh well, rather than pay 490 EUR to fix the screen, I'll buy another M1". Well... I considered just buying a new M1: but not after having read about all the people having similar issues. Now I know I wasn't just unlucky and I know it wasn't my fault. I'm not interested in a fragile laptop.
dereg 4y ago
I don't. Those old plastic screens would get scratched so easily. Cleaning the screen with a microfiber cloth invited a 50:50 chance of damaging the screen due to some micro abrasion. There used to be a cottage industry of products specifically for screen cleaning so as to reduce cleaning cloth contamination. It was a mess. I can now take my shirt, a tissue, or wet paper tower to the screen with no issue.

kjkjadksj 4y ago

Apple used to offer that in 17” even

jabbany 4y ago

Actually most budget laptops still use plastic screens... It's only the high end models where things become glass. It almost makes sense, since if you're buying an expensive laptop, you're probably OK with higher cost of ownership too (as seen by the other replies on this thread of people spending multiple hundreds to repair their screens).

martyvis 4y ago
Touch screens need to be glass, which is also in a lot of higher end non-Apple laptops.
- jabbany 4y ago
  Actually they don't at all. I have a few older tablets that have plastic screens and touch works just fine (not great, but good enough). The main benefit of glass is just that it looks nicer (clearer) and maintains the flatness of the screen better (compared to even harder plastic which will still deform a lot under pressure). On phones there is an additional benefit of scratch resistance, but that's less of an issue for laptops.
- pmontra 4y ago
  My 2016 car's touchscreen is plastic and capacitive (I operate it my my fingertips, not with nails.)
TacticalCoder 4y ago
> (as seen by the other replies on this thread of people spending multiple hundreds to repair their screens) I'd rather buy a 500 EUR non Apple laptop than pay the 490 EUR I was quoted to repair my M1 MacBook Air's screen. I mean: I get it fixed, than what? It's still a prone-to-crack screen I get. And there's no way I'm thinking: "Oh well, rather than pay 490 EUR to fix the screen, I'll buy another M1". Well... I considered just buying a new M1: but not after having read about all the people having similar issues. Now I know I wasn't just unlucky and I know it wasn't my fault. I'm not interested in a fragile laptop.

dereg 4y ago

I don't. Those old plastic screens would get scratched so easily. Cleaning the screen with a microfiber cloth invited a 50:50 chance of damaging the screen due to some micro abrasion. There used to be a cottage industry of products specifically for screen cleaning so as to reduce cleaning cloth contamination. It was a mess. I can now take my shirt, a tissue, or wet paper tower to the screen with no issue.