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12" Powerbook Display Quality

post #1 of 5
8/6/05 at 2:58pm
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Hi Folks,
i am considering to buy a 12" powerbook. The problem is, that i am living in Germany and there is no store around to take a look at the books.
I have read a lot about the "poor" quality of the 12" powerbook display in comparison to the 15" or 17" books. Is the 12" display really that bad? Can you please tell me about your experience.

Greetings from Germany,
Sven
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post #2 of 5
8/6/05 at 7:25pm
Btw, is the 12" Powerbook's screen the same as the 12" iBook's screen?
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post #3 of 5
8/6/05 at 8:10pm
yes, it's the same. it's one of the major pitfalls of the12" PBs. if it were simply the screen on the "economy" notebook it would make some sense. the fact that they slap it into the PBs, simply bc it helps them increase their profit margins is pretty infuriating. that said, i don't have any big issues w/ the screen on my iBook. i don't do any noon-day computing in the sun, lol, nor would i w/ any computer unless it had a screen designed to work in the sun, i forget the tech name offhand...
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post #4 of 5
8/6/05 at 8:35pm
Sven,
the network of apple retailers is pretty dense in Germany. You can find many of them on the apple.de site.

The display is up to your test. The luminosity is only 120cd/m^2 which is not that high
(those with more than 170cd/m^2 are much nicer and suitable for working outside in sunny days) and the resolution is ... standard but not high like 1280x800 I prefer (this is what actually sucked me, because I need to have several pdf files opened at the same time and not occupying all the screen in order to be readable). The keyboard, however, is the best I ever tried!

Many owner of PB say that the display is good.
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post #5 of 5
8/9/05 at 11:39am
It's a nice screen but I agree brightness and resolution are pitfalls. Screen resolution is a bit of an issue with all the powerbooks right now, they could and should all be higher IMO or at least offer other options.
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