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i had an older matte 2006 MBP that i admit was fairly difficult to clean. if i had a choice, i'd still prefer it over the glossy display on my current unibody. (it was a free replacement of my old MBP from Apple, so i don't really have that much to complain about)

the glossy is pretty easy to clean, a dry cloth usually does the trick. a spritz of cleaner helps for stubborn fingerprints

with the glass screen, you can use windex with care and a soft cloth and it will be as glossy as the day you bought it :D

Get a microfiber cloth, like the kind eyeglass shops use to clean peoples' eyeglasses. They work well for cleaning the screen as well as other parts of the computer. If the stain, grease, etc. is particularly stubborn, moisten a corner of the cloth in water (squeeze out any extra, you want it slightly damp not dripping) and that should take care of it. If you're willing to spend a little money, go to RadTech (radtech.us) and buy a "ScreenSavrz", these are microfiber cloths custom cut to fit the MacBook Pro (they have versions for the MacBook 13" as well as many other laptops), you can put these cloths between the screen and the keyboard when you close the laptop, this helps protect the screen and prevents oils from the keyboard keys from depositing themselves on the screen.

The new unibody MacBooks and MacBook Pros also come with a decent-sized Apple microfiber cleaning cloth in the Everything Else folder in the box.

I find the only problems for my screen are fingerprints that build up around the edge of the screen from opening and closing it. For this, I simply use the provided cloth in a dry state and constantly swirl in counter-clockwise motion for a few minutes and it gets the job done beautifully.

I suppose for any harder stains this could be coupled with some water. These are glass screens as well so window cleaner could work, but I would try simple water first to be on the safe side.

lol i wonder what the apple genius would say if you brought that into them.

that looks like a great product! thanks for the suggestion. i use to use something similar in the old powerbook days when the keys would smash into the screen when you carried it.

Just ordered one, Thanks

Same here, works great. And it comes with travel wipes, very useful.

Yeah, iKlear does the job for me. The bottle of solution they give you is huge, and with the microfiber cloth, it makes the screen look like brand new again.

I gotta say the same.

I despise Monster and all their products, except this one. I have no idea what they put in the solution, but it totally rocks.