I think it's Tupac that you're this ignorant about professional use of color on computers, and yet still feel qualified enough to comment. Some might say that your uninformed opinion is quite MC Hammer, given that some P Diddy pros actually use 10 bit/channel and 16 bit/channel color spaces on high end work in the Ice Cube film FX and Snoop Dog print worlds, yo.

*sigh*

I *am* one of those professionals. I use 16-bit channels all the time for print purposes. I simply posted to point out the stupidity of the suit–yes, Apple did not deliver hardware as advertised, but frankly, it doesn't really matter that much as long as the dithering process works. Now as Ryan pointed out, since the dithering process is sub-par, this does make a difference, because it produces visual artifacts that you can see. I'm sorry that sarcasm doesn't translate well through the interwebs, but it doesn't mean that you can be a troll.

Ludicrous : adj

Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny.
He made a ludicrous attempt to run for office.

Synonyms
(idiotic or unthinkable): laughable, ridiculous

Heh Opera doesn't spell check my text fields, and apparently neither do I. :D

Marcos - funniest post this month, period.

Byron - that's not him trolling, that's you making a tit of yourself. Twice.

"I think its Tupac" had me laughing so hard I woke my baby up.

Thank you Marcos

Gareth

Cannot connect my ipod touch to itunes this message is displayed everytime i try to connecting it to the computer."error OxE8000022" its quite annoying someone please help me? i cant access anything!

i have the error oxe8000022 instaling the jailbreak liberty+

how can i fix the software of my itouch

too true!, look at the TUAW background as a prime example!

you say "thats why it's called a MacBook and not a MacBook Pro; from the post: "underperforming colors on MacBook and MacBook Pro LCD screens"

Thats exactly why I said no notebooks for proofing. You need a CRT and maybe a really high end LCD with a colorimeter.

Ok first: The macbook is an awesome computer. The only thing holding it back is the integrated graphics which is actually not to shabby for things like Aperture and Lightroom. I edit RAW files in Aperture 2 on a 1st gen 2.0GHz CD MacBook - I'm not a pro but it's a fine system.

Both notebook lines claim to offer millions of colors, so this applies to both.
The difference here is between the 6Bit and the 8Bit screen. The 6 can display
262, 144 colors (or somewhere around there...) or 16.2m inaccurate colors using software called dithering. The 8 Bit ones can do a full 16.7m colors that look good provided you profile and calibrate the display (another topic). These extra colors become more noticeable with calibration and make for a better calibration - and yes you can tell the difference, depending upon the picture. Obviously, black background will look black on both computers...

Now the issue is the type of LCDs used in laptops are TN film. These are cheap and small and have good response times, yet aren't 8-bit. The Apple Cinema Displays are S-IPS type which have very good color reproduction and reasonable response times. They're also bigger and more expensive. There are also some median display types which are 8-bit. However, the problem is there are very few made for laptops. There's also the fact that a simple advertising clarification would clear a lot of this up.

Now let's not get started on the LCD vs CRT display because each has is pros and cons and both are good. Have you seen an Eizo monitor?