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    LED for 17" MBP?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by dnjnyc, Jul 22, 2007.

  1. dnjnyc

    dnjnyc Notebook Guru

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    Has anyone heard when the 17" MBP might get an LED screen? Would Apple (who are mum, of course) incorporate whenever it came along, or wait until the next major revamp?
     
    dnjnyc, Jul 22, 2007
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    count_schemula Notebook Deity

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    I would guess it comes with the Penryn update.

    They just FINALLY added a 1920x1200 option, so, I'd enjoy that if it interests you. From what I've read, the 17" LCD gets decent enough reviews.
     
    count_schemula, Jul 22, 2007
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    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Apple has said that all there products would use LED displays by the end of the year correct?

    so I would guess it would be before next year unless they were lying.
     
    circa86, Jul 22, 2007
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    (or unless you are mistaken)

    its hard to tell with apple. they sometimes seem to have a whimsical attitude towards releasing new hardware.
     
    masterchef341, Jul 22, 2007
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    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    oh I guess they have just said they will move to using all LED displays when it is technically and financially feasible, so it could be anyone's guess really.

    but people have been extremely happy with the 17" models display, I have seen both side by side, the new LED 15 and normal LCD 17" and it would take a pretty particular person to see any major difference.
     
    circa86, Jul 22, 2007
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    HLdan Notebook Virtuoso

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    Actually the 15" is quite a bit brighter than the 17". That's the one plus about having an LED backlight.
     
    HLdan, Jul 22, 2007
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    the 15" is noticeably brighter. of course, the 17" earns that high res people were always barking about, (at added cost, of course).

    if you are getting a 17" macbook pro, cost shouldn't be a factor anyway.
     
    masterchef341, Jul 22, 2007
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    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    someone just walking into an Apple store, not specifically looking at the brightness of each screen would probably not even notice that the 15" has a different type of screen or that it looks significantly brighter at all.

    it obviously is there, but NOTICEABLY is a completely relative term.
     
    circa86, Jul 22, 2007
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    well. i agree that its not so noticeable that it will blind you if you aren't even looking at it. thats sort of ridiculous.

    someone who checked the brightness of one screen and then compared that to the other would notice a big difference. that is what i mean by "noticeably."

    if you ran super pi and just waited for it to finish (but didn't actually read the results) on both the 2.2 and 2.4 ghz macbook pro's, you would not notice a difference. in that case, the difference would not be noticeable.
     
    masterchef341, Jul 22, 2007
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