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If you're not a fan of glossy screens, but you're considering purchasing a new 15-inch unibody MacBook Pro, you now have three screen options: use the computer stock and put up with the glare, apply an anti-glare film such as the Power Support model, or send the machine to TechRestore for a matte-screen conversion.

How do these options compare? Each has its pros and consUsing the machine stock is the cheapest and easiest thing to do, but some of us find that impossible to doThe Power Support film works quite well, assuming you can apply it in a bubble-free mannerThe TechRestore option is the most expensive, may cause some cosmetic damage to your machine, and may void your warranty...but provides you with a true matte screen

To see how these three options look in the worst possible conditions, I set each laptop up across from a window on a sunny day and snapped some picturesThe results are seen at right (click for a much larger version)The top image is, of course, the stock MacBook Pro, doing its best impression of a mirrorNotice that there's a reflection of yours truly clearly visible in the screen's glass, and that the glare from the sun in the window has totally blown out part of the menu.

Next up-a bit later in the day, as I had to apply the film-is the same MacBook Pro with the Power Support Anti-Glare Film in placeThe colors are muted compared to the stock screen, but the entire screen is visible, and the glare (now lower down on the display) is more diffused.

Finally, there's the TechRestore matte screenIf you're a long-time matte screen user, you know that direct sunlight is the one of the worst environments for a matte screen, and you can see some evidence of that hereThe glare is lessened even more so than with the Power Support film, but the whole screen looks a bit washed out.