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by wenbert 6179 days ago
I thought that the 13" inch Macbook Pro had the 6 bit display while the others had 8 bit :-/

If the entire MBP line has 6 bit displays, then why complain?

I am a bit concerned of Apple's false advertising though. So my 2006-ish 17 Macbook Pro is not able to display millions of colors? That is sad...
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padmapper 6179 days ago
I looked into this a bit, and there are tons of conflicting reports on this over the web.

I have a 2007ish 15" MBP, and it dithers/FRC's like a mofo with certain colors in WinXP.

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sgk284 6178 days ago
Damn near every LCD is 6-bits per channel, people are getting upset over nothing.
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Lol_Lolovici 6177 days ago
Damn nearly everybody was a poor peasant or slave in the 1000s, people where getting upset over nothing.

Just because the status quo is such it doesn't mean it is good and cannot be improved. I was searching for a quality LCD screen lately and I couldn't find a reasonable 8-bit screen at any shop, just 6-bit. I read a lot of reviews from seemingly professional sites and they all say the same thing: 8-bit MVA, PVA or IPS panel types are much much better than 6-bit TN at anything except price and maybe a bit of extra latency (not important for anyone except hardcore FPS gamers). The sad state of affairs is that all the reasonably priced 8-bit screens I wanted were out of stock for an unknown period of time at all shops (like the HP LP2475w) or out of production for good. It seems I'll have to pick the best of the worst and be happy just because everybody has the same.

When your product is theoretically a pro product aimed as such and is pretty expensive to begin with you expect the best quality out of all the components. I own a PowerBook Pro and this thing is amazing. More than 5 years old and and everthing works perfectly except some scratches on the metal surface due to drops from heights. The screen in it is the best I ever saw, even compared to new expensive Dells, HPs and others I saw at friends and colleagues. It will be a sad day when I have to change it with a MacBook Pro and the screen will be worse.

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