http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/793754/2/istockphoto_793754_matte_glass_chess_board.jpg http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/7937

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/793754/2/istockphoto_793754_matte_glass_chess_board.jpg http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/793754/2/i... My guess is that they could, at the very least they could just add a matte coating. Also, they claim that the track pad is glass, and it certainly isn't shiny, though how an LCD would look through it I'm not 100% sure.