Snow Leopard changed the brightness range of MBP 13" ?

Yes, that is very much a bummer.

I went last night to my local mac store. I did not meet with a genius because it was busy. Tonight at 7:30 pm.

I did take a look at the demo macbook pro 13" with SL and found they went much darker. My energy saver says that I should get about 4:50 on a full charge at minimum brightness while the store unit predicted more like 9 hours. A big difference. I think that this point should undeniable to the genius and likely result in some positive action.

I will update you all when I return tonight.

Went to genius bar and traded my machine for a new one. Got a 9C9E display this time which certainly is much darker on SL. The real test will be the battery life.

I will update on the battery life tomorrow.

JDP

I bought mine from the website. Not sure who to turn to for problems like this. And I dun think the apple dealer here in Savannah would even bother with helping anyone.

The increase in brightness is really bad for the eyes and extremely draining on the power (roughly 3 hrs) hope apple fix it soon.

~Just owned my first Apple computer and a **** load of problem comes piling down. Am going to stick to my PC for work at this moment. Need apple to correct it's flaws before I can continue to do my video color correction duties.

So they acknowledged this as a problem and gave you a new machine? Did you have Applecare and how long did you have the 9cc2 screen machine before getting this trade out? I was thinking of doing the same thing but in the past when I've done this I have ended up worse off than when I stared getting dead pixels or some other problem with the new one. Thanks for the information update.

I do not think that it is a difficult fix for apple to do. Its just a mere change of overwrites. How hard can it be.

This problem however is starting to get to me... esp on how straining it is now to read off the screen on a pdf book file and how quickly the machine heats up and also how fast the battery runs out.

I guess that is where I am. Was thinking of going to the Genius Bar to see if I could get a new machine. Just tired of waiting for the fix.

new macbook pro 13" got 5.5 hours on Sl. Playing itunes with screen saver on. Birghtness was on level 3. Not too impressed, but considerably better than with previous screen.

thats still better than the 3 hrs we get now. on osx 10.5 i could get about 9hrs

I have been getting about 6 hours with the current 9cc2 screen and brightness set to two clicks. I decided to wait it put for an update as I am retired and don't need extended battery life. However, I am still considering taking it to the Genius for a new one but the drive is over an hour each way. What to do???

This happens outside of a MBP. I have the 24" imac with SL and this exact thing is happening on it. Seems to me, whenever my screen goes to sleep and i wake it back up, the brightness resets. Anyone else with imac seeing this problem?

f0rgiven, I dont want to sound like I do not care, but this is a thread for macbook pros having this problem, not imacs.

Let's not get off on a tangent here.

Anyways, I am planning on just taking to the Apple store the next time I get a chance.

AppleCare is over 2hrs drive from where I am. and I'm a new driver.

Wonders if Ais apple distributor would do anything

I went to the Apple Store today, had an appointment at Genius bar.
We placed my mbp 13" (9CC2) close to another machine, same but different display code. Both running Snow Leopard.
The difference in brightness levels was huge, he could not deny it.
Tried something but could not find a solution.

So they ordered a new display, I will have to bring my MBP in and the display will be changed with a new one.
Useless to say, this is very bad.
I will let you know how it ends.

Iggi, did you try and get a new one instead of getting them to replace the screen? Prof Paddle got them to give him a new MBP if I remember correctly. Did you guys try to get them to replace the entire thing or did you guys just take the first solution that they gave you?

I only want to know this because if it is possible for me to get them to replace mine entirely I would rather have them do that then to wait on a new screen and then go back to have them put it in. My school work is starting to get VERY heavy now, so I don't know when I'll get enough time to head down to the Apple store, especially twice for them to put a new screen on :/.

Any further info would be much appreciated 🙂
And thanks a lot for posting!