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1 posted on 03/26/2008 12:38:29 PM PDT by CarrotAndStick
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Apple quietly settles MacBook 6-bit LCD screen lawsuit

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It looks like that would-be class action lawsuit over the quality of MacBook and Macbook Pro screens has fizzled out to nothing, as the plaintiffs have quietly settled. Although it's technically true that the 6-bit screens can't actually display millions of colors at the same time, apparently the two photographers who filed the suit had a difficult time finding other people who had bought MacBooks based on the advertised color depth of the display -- and from what we're told, you just can't have a "class action" without a "class." Even still, we hope someone at Apple was paying attention to how much interest the case generated at the outset -- although MacBook Pro screens generally look fine to us, we've seen some truly awful MacBook screens.

 

 

http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/apple-quietly-settles-macbook-6-bit-lcd-screen-lawsuit/

 

 

2 posted on 03/26/2008 12:41:08 PM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: ShadowAce

ping...


3 posted on 03/26/2008 12:42:27 PM PDT by bamahead (Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding. -- B.H. Liddell Hart)
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To: CarrotAndStick

I don’t get how 6 bits translates to 200k+ colors. 8 bit color is only 256 colors.


4 posted on 03/26/2008 12:44:35 PM PDT by domenad (In all things, in all ways, at all times, let honor guide me.)
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To: CarrotAndStick

I thought it was only 3 colors actually!


5 posted on 03/26/2008 12:45:21 PM PDT by OSHA (<---Typical white person.)
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To: CarrotAndStick

Why in the world would they only use 6-bit color?


6 posted on 03/26/2008 12:45:58 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Benedict Arnold was against the Terrorist Surveillance Program)
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To: CarrotAndStick

What a waste. It’s long established that men see only nine colors: red, orange, green, blue, yellow, purple, brown, black, and white.


14 posted on 03/26/2008 12:52:20 PM PDT by pabianice
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To: CarrotAndStick

The funny thing is, I don’t think LCD monitors have a very wide color gamut in the first place. They tend to stop far short of the level of greens your eyes are capable of seeing. A color gamut shows for all consumer-level displays, it can only represent 30% to 40% of the colors your eye can see.


18 posted on 03/26/2008 12:57:50 PM PDT by dan1123 (If you want to find a person's true religion, ask them what makes them a "good person".)
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To: CarrotAndStick

Apple shouldn’t be lying about the product’s capabilities, but any competent “professional” who really needs 8-bit color is going to read the specs before he buys. So this case still seems a bit frivolous.


20 posted on 03/26/2008 12:59:48 PM PDT by ROP_RIP
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To: CarrotAndStick

I wonder how many angels dancing on the head of a pin an Apple could display.


30 posted on 03/26/2008 1:17:53 PM PDT by Hazwaste (Vote! Vote for the conservative local, state, and national candidates of your choice, but VOTE!)
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To: CarrotAndStick

Can’t we all just move on past this “color” thing?.........


32 posted on 03/26/2008 1:18:14 PM PDT by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: CarrotAndStick
Where's MY piece of the (Apple) pie?


38 posted on 03/26/2008 2:25:28 PM PDT by Leroy S. Mort
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