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nagromme · Sep 29, 2003, 01:17 AM

I've never seen my Lombard next to a new PowerBook. The new ones look dim to me BUT they are in a brightly-lit store, which is hardly fair. And you'd think a newer LCD would be brighter.

Has anyone owned a Lombard G3 and a 17" G4? Is the 17" any brighter?

(How about compared to a 15" iMac? I know the iMac is brighter, but is it a huge difference?)

I'm spoiled by the brightness of my eMac, but I need a new PowerBook.

Thanks.

SEkker · Sep 29, 2003, 11:41 AM

I was in a room full of Pismo and Lombards, and my PB17 screen was noticably brighter.

cdhostage · Sep 29, 2003, 12:03 PM

Are you talking about Lombards with stock screens or newly-replaced ones? My Pismo dimmed over three years.

nagromme · Sep 29, 2003, 05:36 PM

Thanks. I've actually set my eMac a bit dimmer so I'm not disappointed when I go back to using laptops!

In my case--the Lombard's a 1999 screen, not replaced. I've wondered if it may be dimmer, but it was too gradual to be sure. I think it may be yellower than when I got it too?