Gorilla glass is something like $20 for enough to cover a 3-4" screen
(as I recall when reading about the amount of money Microsoft lost on
the Zune HDs, of which I am a proud owner), so it would be infinite
money for an iMac. It's tempered.
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On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 10:33 AM, Dan <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 6:54 PM -0500 12/25/2011, Louis Labrie wrote:
>>
>> I've seen the pressure artifacts before but never this color or hold for
>> so long. they are almost completely gone. I will be more careful when
>> cleaning this display.I have a new 27" iMac 2.7 i5 these have glass covering
>> the actual display correct? I have plenty of of flat panel displays that
>> have never shown this is it just the HD display?
>
>
> All TFT-LCDs are pressure sensitive. Some just have better protection than
> others.
>
> Yes, the iMac's front is glass. hum. Not sure if it's tempered or gorilla
> tho; probably the former as the latter is awfully expensive still.
>
> ...Gorilla Glass is a Corning product, an alkali-aluminosilicate (aka
> transparent aluminium). It's used by Apple on iPhone, iPad, etc.
>
>
> - Dan.
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