iBook 12" screen dim?
At the Apple store yesterday, I tried out one of the 12" iBooks (after all, I am seriously considering purchase of one). The screen seemed unusually dim, even with the brightness at maximum. I mean, dimmer than my four year old PowerBook. Sometimes my PowerBook's screen is dim when I first wake it from sleep, but after a few minutes it's back to normal brightness. The iBook had definitely been open for a while, and it seemed as if all the 12" iBooks around the store had this problem. Are there any iBook owner who can comment on the screen brightness? Was it maybe the lighting in the store? The cinema displays seemed very bright, but it may have to do with them being up against a wall while the iBooks were on podiums in the middle of the store.
It's just that I've heard so many people raving about how great the screen is on that thing, I'm wondering why I felt underwhelmed by it.
EDIT: for the record, I also tried color calibrating the display using Color Sync, but it didn't help.
[ 07-18-2002: Message edited by: Luca Rescigno ]</p>
It's just that I've heard so many people raving about how great the screen is on that thing, I'm wondering why I felt underwhelmed by it.
EDIT: for the record, I also tried color calibrating the display using Color Sync, but it didn't help.
[ 07-18-2002: Message edited by: Luca Rescigno ]</p>
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-alcimedes
<strong>Well, judging from what people said, it looks like the iBook's screen is probably good, and my perception of it being dim was probably due to the very bright, overhead lighting in the Apple store.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Mine is an older 600 but the screen is very bright unless Im out in natural light on the deck. Then I have to crank up the brightness. Ohterwise its super.
haven't been to an apple store so I cant relate to their environment
Generally, the iBook has a great display, and brightness really shouldn't be a concern at all. It has a brighter, and more uniform display than all but the latest revision of PowerBooks. I always had mine set a few steps down from maximum brightness.
You should have mentioned this to an employee - I'd be insterested to hear what they'd say about it...