Macs used to have nice matte displays in the Power era, but now the only matte display they make is the “nano texture” upgrade to the Studio/Pro displays. Only $300 or $1000!? dollars more.
And it’s quite remarkable; my home desk is in direct sunlight until about noon, and yeah, the Nano-texture is totally visible in what are objectively the “worst” conditions for a screen, never reflects at any time of day.
I have other issues with the display (the camera is as bad as everyone says, and… a display with an OS? So dumb) but the screen at least really is All That.
You'd need pretty extraordinary vision to tell. My vision is pumped up to 20/18 with my glasses and it looks better than the retina Macbook Pro that sits right next to it (thanks to the lack of gloss).
And it’s quite remarkable; my home desk is in direct sunlight until about noon, and yeah, the Nano-texture is totally visible in what are objectively the “worst” conditions for a screen, never reflects at any time of day.
I have other issues with the display (the camera is as bad as everyone says, and… a display with an OS? So dumb) but the screen at least really is All That.