“Ooh, widescreen! Gimme! But wait: gunmetal gray, or special edition with extras I don’t need that will look totally bad-ass sitting under a new iMac in a few months?”

It wasn’t really much of a competition.

When I first set up the iMac the reflections were really obvious in the black screen, but since turning it on it hasn’t seemed like a problem (granted, haven’t really seen the sun much the past week, either). The gloss easily produces reflections, but the screen is bright. Turning the brightness all the way down is about the brightness level of the MacBook Pro at half; I can’t work with it at full brightness for very long without eyestrain unless it’s full daylight.

So far I’ve been finding that the brightness and brilliance of the color far outweighs the reflection problems.

On the other hand, if the window were behind me (instead of running alongside), I’d have serious misgivings about the glossy screen. I may be a little more disgruntled come summer, too, but so far I haven’t had any problems beyond my brief moment of panic prior to turning it on.