Newer MBP - some better, some worse

Switched to the new solid-aluminum MBP. Case doesn't have the front gap, and the screen tilts back more - this is good. But screen is glossy, so I have to run brighter to drown out reflections and the result is shorter battery life - very not good.

The previous MBP had a DVI, so I could plug some monitors in directly, or use a simple VGA/DVI adapter with (for exapmple) our conference room projectors. Well, the new machine has a different connector for external monitors - a 'Mini DisplayPort' I think it's called. So I need adapters, to DVI for most monitors and to VGA for the projectors.

Oddly, the Mini DisplayPort-to-DVI adapter does *NOT* connect to the Apple DVI-to-VGA adapter we use with our projector to hook up to the MacBook Pros, so I'll need to remove the Apple DVI/VGA adapter, connect up a VGA-out adapter between my machine and the projector. This defeats the goal of the 'common hardware platform' theory, doesn't it?

And, to be even *more* annoying, the new Mini DisplayPort-to-DVI connection sucks. The external monitors done't wake up from common Mac 'sleep' - I have to close and open the lid to wake up the external monitor. Sometimes, the external monitors don't get sync, they are all static, and I have to unplug and re-plug the adapter. This all worked perfectly with the previous MacBook Pro; nice work, Apple.