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    Aluminum Macbook Apple Logo Illuminated?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by chyidean, Oct 25, 2008.

  1. chyidean

    chyidean Notebook Evangelist

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    I know this is a very, very, very vain question, but I spent half an hour Googling "aluminum macbook logo illuminated" and "aluminum macbook logo light up" and didn't come up with any results, and I can't drive over to the Apple store because it is about 40 minutes away.

    So here's my question: does the logo on the back of the new Macbook Aluminum light up in dark places, light up in general, or does it not light up at all?
     
    chyidean, Oct 25, 2008
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  2. duffyanneal

    duffyanneal Notebook Deity

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    Yes, anytime the screen backlight is on the Apple glows white.
     
    duffyanneal, Oct 25, 2008
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  3. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes, it still lights up! Its basically the same backlight that powers the screen, so the brightness of the logo goes up and down according to what screen brightness you set.
     
    Sam, Oct 25, 2008
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  4. chyidean

    chyidean Notebook Evangelist

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    Great.

    And the previous gen white Macbook does not have a light up logo?
     
    chyidean, Oct 25, 2008
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    No, it lights up as well. Apple has been doing this for a very long time.
     
    duffyanneal, Oct 25, 2008
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  6. Sam

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    No, its always been lit up, for a long time now!
     
    Sam, Oct 25, 2008
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    Yea, the white macbooks appears a lot more subtle because there is nearly no contrast but yes, it lights up at the same rate as the backlight of the monitor, (found through experimentation) so if you keep a white macbook dim it probably wont appear lit up.
     
    Packerfan, Oct 25, 2008
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    And it goes off when your macbook goes to sleep hahaha
     
    chen, Oct 26, 2008
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  9. livesoft

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    I discovered that when you point a laser at the .Apple logo, its glows red :p
     
    livesoft, Oct 26, 2008
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    I also found it through experimentation :p. I remember thinking "I wonder if the logo backlight will burn out" and then realizing that would mean the screen backlight is also burning!
     
    Sam, Oct 26, 2008
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