[Swordmaker]

Across the Apple line-up you have monitors, laptops, iPads. How many are LCD and how many are LED? I have been using LCD monitors since 1999 (first one I got was a 14” Princeton) and have seen how much they have improved over the years. Today’s improved LCDs seem to be very good for 85% of users. Are LED monitors better for gamers and graphics artists? You tell me but they are elite computer users.

Say what? Dennis? It's obvious you do not have a clue what you are talking about. All of Apple' line of LCD monitors are now LED. the LED refers to how the are illuminated. Older panels were lit by florescent gas discharge tubes which drew a lot of power, required high voltage, and were thicker. New technology is a bar of low energy light emitting diodes, much thinner, and much more efficient.

[dennisw]

Hmmm... I told you I have owned LCD monitors since 1999. When did you buy your first one? I am well aware that LED monitor is a term used but it refers to an LCD backlit by LEDs

[dennisw]

Say what? Dennis? It's obvious you do not have a clue what you are talking about. All of Apple' line of LCD monitors are now LED. the LED refers to how the are illuminated. Older panels were lit by florescent gas discharge tubes which drew a lot of power, required high voltage, and were thicker. New technology is a bar of low energy light emitting diodes, much thinner, and much more efficient.

Go knock yourself out. I own very nice thin LCD monitors. If you want to blow an extra $100 or so on LED backlit go right ahead. You are not alone. LED monitors are trendy these days

Outside the Apple universe there is more choice. I can hook an LCD monitor to me desktop or spend extra for an LED backlit LCD monitor. A quick scan at NewEgg shows LED backlit to be about 25% of all LCDs they are selling

[ReignOfError]

New technology is a bar of low energy light emitting diodes, much thinner, and much more efficient.

Not to mention cooler (as in, less hot; hence more efficient), snapping to full brightness instantly, with a wider color gamut and better color consistency from edge to edge and over time.