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Nano-texture option for the display is nice. IIRC it's the first time since the 2012 15" MBP that a matte option has been offered?

I hope that the response times have improved, because it has been quite poor for a 120 Hz panel.

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My one concern is that nano-texture apple displays are a little more sensitive to damage, and even being super careful with my MBPs I get the little marks from the keyboard when you carry the laptop with your hand squeezing the lid and bottom (a natural carry motion).

Put a facial tissue over keyboard before closing the lid.

Macs - they just work.

Haha, yeah, but it applies to all laptops really. Keys inevitably scratch the display.

I've never had this happen to me and I've been using laptops exclusively for about 15 years now.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102177

Will that break the display like it did for tape over the webcam?

A piece of paper also kind of works, but it's a bit ridiculous to constantly keep that around with you and try to reach 95% consistency. Eventually I stopped trying because it was just more infrastructure to protect the thing than I'd prefer.

> IIRC it's the first time since the 2012 15" MBP that a matte option has been offered?

The so-called "antiglare" option wasn't true matte. You'd really have to go back to 2008.

Correction: I think I actually misremembered that, sorry!

Love the nano-texture on the Studio Display, but my MacBooks have always suffered from finger oil rubbing the screen from the keys. Fingerprint oil on nano-texture sounds like a recipe for disaster.

For my current laptop, I finally broke down and bought a tempered glass screen protector. It adds a bit of glare, but wipes clean — and for the first time I have a one-year-old MacBook that still looks as good as new.

I put a thin screen cleaner/glasses cleaner cloth on the keyboard whenever I close the lid. That keeps the oils off the screen as well as prevents any pressure or rubbing from damaging the glass.

I tried that, unfortunately didn't work for me at all.

The iPad has nano texture and I find it does a much better job with oily fingerprints.

They brought back the matte screen! Omg. The question is, will they have that for the air.

(I tend to feel if you want something specialized, you gotta pay for the expensive model)

It's also on the iPad Pro. Only downside is you really do need the right cloth to be able to clean it.

I believe the laptop ships with the cloth. That said, it is annoying to have to remember to always keep that one cloth with your laptop.

Yes. It's finally back.

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