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Originally Posted by JohnLund Perhaps if Apple reps are reading this, we can get that monitor upgraded by the time I lay my money down early next year. |
Very doubtful.
For the target market of the 24" iMac, the current screen is an upgrade.
If you take 100 people and asked them to choose between a Matte screen and a Glossy screen, 90 of them will choose the Glossy. They like the "rich" colors and the deep blacks you get from the Glossy. It doesn't matter if the color is inaccurate as it just looks better to the average viewer. (Someone eluded to this earlier when they said DVDs look great on the iMac.)
It is like audio equipment. The average listener will almost always choose the setup in which the bass is over boosted. The sound engineer will pick the neutral setup.
While we "pros" want color accuracy in our equipment, we tend to push the saturation a small amount for our final prints to our customers. The Kodachrome effect.
Bottom line, the Glossy iMac is here to stay as it is what most people want.
Philip