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A Touchscreen MacBook Pro Just Invites More Filthy Fingerprints

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A Touchscreen MacBook Pro Just Invites More Filthy Fingerprints

Commentary: Yes, I’m judgy about how smudgy Apple’s new laptop screen is going to be.

I had to suppress a shudder at the thought of how smudgy the touchscreen display on the new MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR is going to get. Unlike every other Apple laptop, you can directly tap and swipe on this new MacBook Pro screen like an iPad or iPhone. I try to rarely even brush the screen of my laptop, and yet it still ends up with its share of oily smudges.

To be clear: It’s not like I’m reaching into a bucket of greasy fried chicken when typing away at my MacBook Pro. But even with normal use, skin oils build up on the keyboard. Shutting the laptop brings those oily keys directly into contact with the glass, stamping the display with a ghostly grid of gunk.

Ages ago, I would slip a microfiber cloth between the screen and keyboard whenever I shut my laptop, but I eventually gave that up. Now, I regularly wipe it down with a screen-cleaning spray called Whoosh, recommended to me by an Apple Store employee.

The new MacBook Pro gets the same oleophobic coating, a surface treatment meant to minimize fingerprints, as found on iPad, iPhone and the announced HomeView. We’ll have to see if it’s any more or less successful on the large PROLED XDR display when we test it out.

The least Apple could have done was include its $9 Polishing Cloth for free, but the cloth remains a separate accessory purchase.


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