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Apple's Brightness Trick — #10

I'd also be very surprised if the images on the screens of the PowerBooks were really showing on them. There is almost no doubt in my mind that the pictures on the screens were Pho…
MacNN Hardware by WJMoore

Apple's Brightness Trick — #11

Quote: Originally posted by WJMoore: I'd also be very surprised if the images on the screens of the PowerBooks were really showing on them. There is almost no doubt in m…
MacNN Hardware by TailsToo

Apple's Brightness Trick — #12

Yep for sure.... It would be nice if Apple at least made better screens available BTO, kind of like, dare I say it, dell. You can up the price of a machine by quite a bit just by t…
MacNN Hardware by MartiNZ

Apple's Brightness Trick — #13

Quote: Originally posted by TailsToo: Correct! The images on the screens are not real - there is no way to tell brightness from the images on the website. Oy. I am a…
MacNN Hardware by tavilach

Apple's Brightness Trick — #14

Quote: Originally posted by tavilach: Why don't you go to a store and compare PowerBooks to Vaios... Which would be indoors, then?
MacNN Hardware by St.John

Apple's Brightness Trick — #15

Quote: Originally posted by tavilach: I believe that Apple is aware of the screen brightness complaint To be honest, I haven't heard of any screen brightness compl…
MacNN Hardware by Maflynn

Apple's Brightness Trick — #16

my disappointment is when i put my revC 12" alubook next to my girlfriend's 15" revC; her screen is noticeably brighter, sharper. having said that, the 12" is, on it's own, brigh…
MacNN Hardware by fisherKing

Apple's Brightness Trick — #17

Hm... I have it the other way around, my PB 12" is not as good as the new iBook 12" 1.25GHz. I put them side by side and my father-in-law said how come your more expensive model h…
MacNN Hardware by phantomo

Apple's Brightness Trick — #18

Quote: Originally posted by phantomo: Hm... I have it the other way around, my PB 12" is not as good as the new iBook 12" 1.25GHz. I put them side by side and my father…
MacNN Hardware by fisherKing

Apple's Brightness Trick — #19

Talk about nitpicking! They're images on a web site! I doubt there are secret reasons why the images are brighter. They are against a black background, for one thing. Relax. S…
MacNN Hardware by ibook_steve

Apple's Brightness Trick — #20

For those of you interested there is a very good discussion on Toms Hardware (link HERE) which discusses the IPS (In Plane Switching) screens that you are talking about (XBrite et…
MacNN Hardware by jumpjim

Apple's Brightness Trick — #21

I'm sure Apple made the whole book appear brighter to make it look almost as white as an iBook to grab more people looking for the fad white computer equipment (ie. iBook, iPod, iM…
MacNN Hardware by iREZ

Apple's Brightness Trick — #22

After having replaced a monitor data cable in an old iBook, I do sort of wonder if you could swap out the LCD panel itself with something that has a better contrast ratio. I bet t…
MacNN Hardware by markponcelet

Apple's Brightness Trick — #23

Actually, I always thought the best thing about the apple screens was the color. They're bright screens, no doubt, but you're right, they're also not as bright as the XBrite screen…
MacNN Hardware by R3z

ipod screen — #1

Hi. My friend and I both have mini ipods. We noticed that our screens, when the backlight was on, are different. His screen was noticably more purple/blueish than mine. Mine had a …
MacNN Software by mjm1208

ipod screen — #2

I had heard of this when the 3rd Gen units came out. Probably different suppliers.
MacNN Software by TailsToo

ipod screen — #3

Yeah, if you think about it, one of Apple's greatest unseen tasks it to source near-identical parts from wherever they can to keep up with such quick production. They make use of …
MacNN Software by iMacfan

Wal-Mart sells iPods — #1

Wal-Mart has an ear for iPod market Published: January 31, 2005, 6:45 PM PST By Alorie Gilbert and Ina Fried Staff Writer, CNET News.com TrackBack Print E-mail TalkBack Wal-…
MacNN Software by f1000

Transferring Music — #1

For that new iPod Shuffle, I'm a little unclear how you can transfer music. Does it work like a usb flash drive where you can just drag files onto it, or do you have to use the iTu…
MacNN Hardware by magic_widget

Transferring Music — #2

If you go to the mac site...www.apple.com...and then click on the shuffle pic....this will bring you to the shuffle page. on the page it says that you can drag and drop your music…
MacNN Hardware by far200

Transferring Music — #4

You can set the shuffle to autofill the music. You can also set the parameters of what is autofilled. For instance, if you want a certain artist or playlist. Or you can do it man…
MacNN Hardware by Randman

Transferring Music — #5

Can you really drag-and-drop song files directly from your harddrive onto an iShuffle and expect them to play when you listen to it? I read in some other topics on this forum that…
MacNN Hardware by Forbodium

Transferring Music — #7

Well that all sounds pretty good, unfortunatly I'm in Canada and have to wait till May 7th to get mine.
MacNN Hardware by magic_widget
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