Apple settles out MacBook class action lawsuit

I have compared "thousands" colors to "millions" color rendition of a very progressive white to black gradient of my 17" MPB, and there is absolutely no confusion. In million colors the transition is smooth and looks continuous; in thousand colors, I have between ten and twenty bands of homogenous color. Since 6 bits per pixel and color is very close to thousands of colors, I can reasonably claim that my MBP display is 8 bit deep per pixel and color.

If they're only six-bit panels, shouldn't Apple only be advertising 18 colors? Six shades each of red, green, and blue?

I hope they change the setting to 'A Gajillion colors'.

My wife just got a new (last rev) MacBook and I just got a new (also last rev) MacBook Pro. I didn't know anything about this controversy, but I noticed a dithering effect on the MacBook's screen that I don't see on my MacBook Pro. I actually checked to make sure it wasn't running in "thousands" of colors, just to be sure. I don't think I'm imagining the difference in the two screens.

Uh, yes, there is a big difference between 6-bit and 8-bit panels. The color gamut is much larger which *is* important for exacting color work. The problem here was Apple implied the MBP's had 8-bit screens but they did not.

As there are no 8-Bit LCD-panels for laptops under 19", considering a Notebook for pro-DTP and such would be stupid.

This is simply not the Point this is all about!

The problem is, they were advertised as 16,7Mio colors, wich they don't have. The result is a very bad lookin picture, esp. with Windows - compared to other 6-Bit-ers really bad!

And this is not all! The iMac, advertised as 16,7Mio, also contains 6-Bit-panels, but not all iMacs, so if you're not lucky you'll buy an iMac with less colors than other iMacs with the exact same specs - this is a real shame!

Apples reaction: getting away, like rats off a sinkin ship.

Shame on Apple!!

PS: I've always said, and iPhone proves: give Apple the money Microsoft sits upon - they would act way worse!

The MacBook screens are dithered which looks awful even if you're not a professional photographer or photoshopper. I can't believe the apologia over this - a $400 Dell has a better LCD screen than a $1200 MacBook. It's unacceptable. Apple is lucky it has a fanbase of noncritical users with bad eyesight.

YAY FOR RAINBOW BRITE!!!! :D

The "millions of colours" argument isn't the point. All 6-bit LCDs only display a subset of the available 16.7 million available in the 24-bit range. The eye is fooled by the use of dithering techniques, and most manufacturers do this well enough to not be noticeable.

The problem is that Apple's dithering is sub-par, and so many cases colour banding is obvious, particularly in images with smooth colour gradations.

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