Replace Your 13-Inch Glossy MacBook Screen With a Matte Display

Ed Sutherland ()

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For many, the gloss finish on a MacBook Pro’s screen can become irritating. Although Apple stepped in to allow MacBook owners with 15.4-inch screens to swap out for $50 the displays for a matte finish, that option wasn’t available for owners of the 13-inch Macs – until now. TechRestore will “repair” your MacBook Pro’s glossy screen for $200.

“Send in your MacBook and [TechRestore] will rip out the screen and replace it with a matte one , and because the screen no longer has the glass panel, you also get a matte-black bezel, complete with holes for the iSight camera and LEDs,” according to Gadget Lab.

TechRestore says it will send your MacBook back within 24 hours and with a 1-year warranty.

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[Via Gadget Lab and TechRestore]

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Ed Sutherland

Ed Sutherland is a veteran technology journalist who first heard of Apple when they grew on trees, Yahoo was run out of a Stanford dorm and Google was an unknown upstart. Since then, Sutherland has covered the whole technology landscape, concentrating on tracking the trends and figuring out the finances of large (and small) technology companies.

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  • http://www.macmylife.de Dennis

    But thats on the photo is not a 13 inch book !

    greets,
    dennis (macmylife)

  • Charli

    so for $200 they will to a warranty voiding mod on my laptop. hmmm. i think I would rather spend that $200 on a 15 inch laptop that has the option or, since I haven’t bought a new laptop yet, hold out and see if Apple decides to add the option to the 13 inch as an online item. which they might if the sales on the 15 were decent. and if I’m not the only one to submit feedback asking them to add it to the 13

  • firesign3000

    shame the 15″ mbp didn’t have the matte option when i bought mine. sometimes the glossy screen drives me nuts.

  • Tice

    Thank god I waited long enough: http://blog.tice.de/beitrag.php?file=2009_09_09_2356 : D

  • Mike

    I have to say the glossy screen on my 13″ MBP bothers neither me nor my wife in the least, and I tend to be very picky about things. My wife is apparently very forgiving of design flaws because she has not booted me out yet. :)

  • Ictus75

    $200!!! The glare isn’t that bad! Matte display fail.

  • Some1

    1. if the actually use tour own display and take the front COVER off, the LED LCD behind it will die less than 6 month.

    2. the LED LCD behind the GLOSSY is not the same as MATT version.

    3. this will void your warranty or apple care.

    4. why don’t you buy a MATT screen cover from powersupport which is $45 and looks much nicer and neater ?

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