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MacNN headline shocker: "Apple to ship Macs with backlit LCDs in 2007"
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Oh my!
I've been waiting for years to get my hands on these new-fangled backlit LCD displays! 
What do you guys think? Have you been holding out for one of these new backlit MacBooks?
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I prefer my non-backlit iBook screen. I like not being able to see anything.
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Also, who writes this stuff?
Originally Posted by Electronista
Apple CEO Steve Jobs today in an open letter to the public revealed that the Cupertino-based company is aiming to unveil its first Macs with LED backlight technology some time this year, confirming reports from earlier this year. LCD displays with LED backlighting consume less power, provide better color uniformity, make for a thinner design, and negate the need to include Mercury in the manufacturing process. "We plan to introduce our first Macs with LED backlight technology in 2007," Jobs wrote. "Our ability to completely eliminate fluorescent lamps in all of our displays depends on how fast the LCD industry can transition to LED backlighting for larger displays." The announcement foretells of liquid crystal displays with lower power consumption, improved color uniformity, and thinner LCD designs that should fit nicely into Apple's goals as an innovative company that produces some of the most competitive devices on the market.
In addition to its eco-friendlieness, LED technology also brings better light disribution and increased color saturation as well as less power consumption, resulting in longer battery life.
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Originally Posted by brokenjago 
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Oh I get it, you don't have one.
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Not only is it redundant, but it repeats itself as well.
Not to mention that he says the same thing over and over.
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Originally Posted by mac128k-1984
Oh I get it, you don't have one.
The point is obvious: "Apple to ship Macs with backlit LCDs in 2007" is not a headline that is correct. All LCDs are backlit. What they want to say is that "Apple to ship Macs with LED backlit LCDs in 2007"
But they don't. And I find it funny. I'm sorry that was too far above your head for you to understand.
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That's all well and good, but how is the power consumption?
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and size, i don't want my monitor to be bigger, whats the point of that?
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Color uniformity has always been a strong selling point for me. How do you think these new backlit monitors will be?
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Originally Posted by Laminar
Color uniformity has always been a strong selling point for me. How do you think these new backlit monitors will be?
I don't know. I don't think anybody would venture to guess yet.
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Originally Posted by brokenjago
The point is obvious: "Apple to ship Macs with backlit LCDs in 2007" is not a headline that is correct. All LCDs are backlit. What they want to say is that "Apple to ship Macs with LED backlit LCDs in 2007"
But they don't. And I find it funny. I'm sorry that was too far above your head for you to understand.
Apparently you have to talk about your status with your significant other, perhaps a breakup or something like that.
*This post = mean-spirited. I apologize in advance.
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I can't even start thinking about the color uniformity- I'm all wrapped up in rumors I heard about there being a slight "blurriness" to the screens.
anyone know anything about bluriness?
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Can I still have my LCD front-lit as build-to-order option? My friends' M$ WinBLOWZ laptops are all backlit and they SUCK. 
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As far as I know, very few LCDs are front-lit.
The game Boy advance SP is one notable exception.
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
Apparently you have to talk about your status with your significant other, perhaps a breakup or something like that.
*This post = mean-spirited. I apologize in advance.
I'm confused. What?
(Yes, I understand the irony that a reply to a post about things going over someone's head has gone over my head.)
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I think Jobs and Apple Inc. is doing everything they can right now to get Greenpeace off their backs.
As for LED technology itself, I've heard a few good things, but the blurriness is something that I've heard more about. I have no idea if it's true or not, but if it is, it's something to worry about.
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Originally Posted by Jawbone54
but the blurriness is something that I've heard more about. I have no idea if it's true or not, but if it is, it's something to worry about.
the lines are blurring. I don't know if he's serious or not.
?????? I need a sharper picture of what's going on here
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Well there are several methods out there for eliminating the bluriness. Hopefully someone can help us out.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
Color uniformity has always been a strong selling point for me. How do you think these new backlit monitors will be?
There are already ones on the market for a year so look em up.
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I might actually but a LCD if these are decent enough.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
Not only is it redundant, but it repeats itself as well.
Not to mention that he says the same thing over and over.
Nice.
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Originally Posted by brokenjago
All LCDs are backlit.
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Sorry. ANyone who has sense backlights their LCDs 
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Originally Posted by IceEnclosure
I can't even start thinking about the color uniformity- I'm all wrapped up in rumors I heard about there being a slight "blurriness" to the screens.
anyone know anything about bluriness?
uuugh
That's only when I'm really drunk.
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Originally Posted by Kevin
I might actually but a LCD if these are decent enough.
As in head butt?
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Originally Posted by Rumor
That's only when I'm really drunk.
So like, right now?
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Originally Posted by DakarÊ’
So like, right now?
Nah, still at work. Give me about 3 hours and 46 minutes.
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Originally Posted by Rumor
Nah, still at work.
Guess who knew that when he said, "Right now?"
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Originally Posted by DakarÊ’
Guess who knew that when he said, "Right now?"
I could have taken the day off of work for being drunk.
Wouldn't be the first time...
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I could have drunken the work-off being for taking of a day.
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I have worked the drunk off—could I be of taking a day?
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Work—I have taken! Could I be offing a drunk a day?
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Work-day, drunk... I could have taken being....
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Taking the "could" out of "day", "drunken" is out of "being off work"...
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Of taking... a drunk day is work. Could I be off?
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What in the hell is wrong with you?
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This sounds like a bad ACT question.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
This sounds like a bad ACT question.
What's an ACT question, if you please?
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The ACT is a standardized test.
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Originally Posted by Rumor
What in the hell is wrong with you?
Umm, plenty of things. I was just trying to get into the depths of your posting about having a drink. And so on...
No insult intended.
Cheers...
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Originally Posted by brokenjago
The ACT is a standardized test.
A test for what, if I can ask?
Rabies, intelligence?
At the moment, one has to be tested for leprosy, tuberculosis, and chlamydia (amongst others) to get a work permit here, so I'm curious about this ACT.
Every country has different tests for various reasons, so please forgive me if I don't know this ACT.
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Originally Posted by Laminar
This sounds like a bad ACT question.
Which one???
Sorry, I should probably end this derailment, as much fun as it has been, so that we can get back to the original topic and avoid a thread closure and/or a warning for me.
My apologies, and I hope you enjoyed the show.
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The ACT and the SAT are standardized tests taken by high schoolers before entering college. In the English or Reading sections, some of the questions consist of a list of possible wordings of a sentence, and the student has to pick the best.
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Back in the day, ACT and SAT were administered on paper. Front-lit, no less.
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I took the ACT before they started including an essay as well. I liked that.
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