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Display ripples while scrolling web pages

Hello,

While using the trackpad to scroll down a web page, my MBP gets ripples on the display. I looked at the activity Monitor while doing this and it never went passed 60% used. I have 2g of RAM with the 2.2ghz processor. Is this normal??

Thanks in adv.

macbook pro imac, iphone, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Jan 8, 2008 9:49 PM

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Posted on Jan 16, 2008 5:07 PM

I also have this problem! I am using fire fox at the moment and it isn't doing it anymore.I really like Safari but can't stand the ripples.It seems the only application it does it in is Safari.
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Feb 25, 2008 7:43 AM in response to matteart

I call it more of a flicker, but I also experience this issue with a MBP (led backlight). It is not browser dependant, but as Safari scrolls smoothly, it is much more apparent with this than other browsers.
Here is a perfect example, watch the sidebars on this page while scrolling :
http://www.theautochannel.com
It's also particularly bad with this site (apple discussion board), and others with high contrast text, the text flickers/ripples very badly This never happened with my Powerbook display. Is this an issue or simply inherent with these displays. Personally, it is giving me headaches when scrolling through large amounts of text (which I often do for work), and rendering this laptop virtually unusable for me.

I'm surprised to find very few others complaining about this phenomenon, perhaps I'm not describing the issue well with my search terms. Has anyone heard of a solution?

Thanks

Feb 27, 2008 9:42 PM in response to floorpunchjbk

well, I for one feel wholly ripped off. I bought this MBP in December, and the recent upgrade makes me a little ill, especially since I have spent two months trying to work with this screen and fighting with Leopard every day. I feel like a test subject, except I paid $4000 for the opportunity.

As far as I can tell this screen issue is inherent with the LED displays of this generation. I will soon enough see if it has been solved with this latest upgrade.

Mar 6, 2008 8:22 PM in response to Merged Content 1

I have the same problem as the rest. The autochannel displays the problem perfectly. So when I started to adjust the screen resolution, I noticed that it goes away when you change the display from the default 1440x900 in millions of colors. I then reset the display to the default settings again and looked at the link - it was barely noticeable!?! Something still isn't right with the driver.

Display ripples while scrolling web pages

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