Thanks for putting up in all the iPhone-induced typos in my response. Sorry! Should have said the nano-texture display is less punch in “almost every” discernible meaning of that word.
I will say I don’t notice the issue much with type, and I care deeply about typography.
One area where nano-texture is a godsend is working with dark mode. If you are working with a lot of apps or screens that have dark backgrounds (which is a thing for me in my work), the nano-texture display will eliminate all the glare that makes it hard to see in those apps.
Otherwise, the only reason to get nano-texture is if glare is a problem for you. You would know.
I cannot work in dark mode at all so not an issue for me.
FWIW So far I’m loving the new machine. Just wish I was faster at getting all my various tools installed. Using this as a good clean-out of unused apps by not installing anything I think I can get rid of. But I have other urgent work to do on existing laptop so the upgrade is moving slowly.
Coming to this too late to contribute to OogieM’s question, but I was able to get to an Apple Store late last year and check out the nano texture MBPs and iPads and I have to say that while I was sceptical at first, I would get both in a heartbeat next time. Interestingly (to me at least), this is not the case for the Studio Display, where I find the nano texture blurs text far too much (I had a nano texture SD at my previous job and I have the standard one in my western-side-of-the-country home office)
I am quite literally designing the dark mode for websites and apps sometimes. I prefer a light canvas and am always in light mode on the OS, and even prefer a light background in my IDE, but clients need what they need.
Some pro apps, like Photoshop, InDesign, Final Cut, Davinci, Logic, and many many many more, also default to dark mode (or only have a dark mode).
I am sure you are aware of that, but just putting it out there: if you use any apps like this and glare is currently a non-issue for you, or you use dark mode and glare is a non-issue for you, then the nano-texture screen is not for you. Put that money into RAM.
Only apps I use that tend have effectively a dark mode enabled are Lightroom and Photoshop. Lightroom is only used when I am cataloging pictures and I very rarely use Photoshop.
I did max out the ram to 32GB and storage to 4TB. Since I typically keep my computing devices for between 5-7 years I’ve learned that if I want that long life I have to max each new purchase out at the beginning. Especially since now it’s impossible to easily upgrade something later.
