New Macbook Pro LED Display

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New Macbook Pro LED Display

I just bought a new MBP from the Apple Store this morning and I specificlly asked for the new macbook pro with the LED display. At checkout, I asked the guy to check and make sure that the laptop he was selling me was the LED and he said that all the matte ones were definitely LED but he wasn;t sure about the glosy ones. When I go into the system profiler, the display says that it is a color lCd just like all theother macbook pros. I am wondering if this is just a typo on apples part or is this an lCd diisplay and not the LED display that I wanted!

Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.9), 2.4 GHz

Posted on Jun 5, 2007 3:14 PM

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Answer 1

Jun 5, 2007 3:17 PM in response to NillaWafer817

The "LED display" that you're talking about refers to the LED backlighting on the normal TFT display. In other words, it isn't an LED display....it's just an LED backlight instead of the old backlight.

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Answer 2

Jun 5, 2007 3:20 PM in response to Sbrocket52

Oh ok, so what you are saying is that the whole LED part is just the backlighting and not the actual display itself. Thanks....I am a newbie to Apple and this is my first one and i paid 2700 for this thing and I was miffed when i saw that it said lcd and not led. Thanks for your help!!

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Answer 3

phil8400

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Jun 5, 2007 3:59 PM in response to NillaWafer817

So the GLOSS screen uses the same new backlighting?
What exactly is the difference between the old and new backlighting anyhow?

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Answer 4

Nick A

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Jun 5, 2007 4:59 PM in response to phil8400

All new 15.4" screens use it, whether the default matte or the optional gloss. The difference is LED's are more energy efficient, do not contain mercury, are smaller and weigh less, and last longer the fluorescent tubes.

Thus you help the environment by no mercury, less energy use in the long run, but also conserves battery use, etc.

Nick

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Answer 5

Jun 5, 2007 8:43 PM in response to NillaWafer817

Thank you to all who helped me out on this question!

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