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Even his old MacBook Pro 17" has a 6bit display. Moreover, different batches have different monitors. Manufacturers keep lowering prices (remember how much th
by cesare 17y ago
Even his old MacBook Pro 17" has a 6bit display.
Moreover, different batches have different monitors.
Manufacturers keep lowering prices (remember how much the Powerbooks did cost?) so they must use cheaper technology, and most people are mostly ignorant about specs anyway.
Glossy screens are another example (they're cheaper to make and they look better at first sight).
- 9oliYQjP 17y agoExactly. I've heard many "graphics professionals" who buy a new MacBook Pro to replace an old one and blame the 6-bit panel for poor colour reproduction. It's not the fact that the panel is 6-bit. They came from a 6-bit panel, although most were under the impression it was 8-bit. The fact is just that Apple is using cheaper displays. It's a crappy 6-bit panel, not the fact that it's specifically a 6-bit panel that's the problem. After all, they didn't complain with the old 6-bit panel they were using. It's funny to hear some of these guys talk about how they buy the MacBook Pro over the MacBook because of the 6-bit vs 8-bit panel when all of those laptops have only ever had 6-bit panels in them. The Pro just happens to use a better quality panel, that's all. But it's still 6-bit.