Nabil: Apple always attaches a disclaimer with the number of songs an ipod can hold. In this case of display color depth there wasnt, because you cant have disclaimers for lies. Hence the lawsuit.
"the evil ad is back!" Yep. I said this on another thread, but it bears repeating. I like Engadget a lot, I read it every day, but those nasty cycle-sucking ads use a significant portion of my CPU. I have no problem at all with a site earning money via advertising, but this is a bit much. Adblock plus is getting turned on for Engadget until Ryan and Co. can knock some sense into AOL's marketing department.
Man you remind me of engineering students who's attention to detail, and suggestions on how to improve your life with technology prevented them from getting laid, and encouraged the bullies to beat them up.
"...apparently the two photographers who filed the suit had a difficult time finding other people who had bought MacBooks based on the advertised color depth of the display"
Big, surprise! Guess what, it's the same with just about every LCD monitor you buy at your local Best Buy, Fry's, etc. Almost all the LCDs are now TN panels. People don't care, they rather pay $200 for a 20" LCD than $500. Gamers probably prefer TN because of it's fast response time. At the same time people complain about Apple's cinema monitor being too expensive. Yes, they do have a bit of a premium, but you need to compare them to similar LCDs which brings the price difference closer. I think several people (in other posts) also mentioned that LCDs aren't good for color critical work. That's not true, there are LCD's that have wider color gamut than what's printable. Most places still use CRTs because it's economical, not because LCD's aren't color accurate.
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Nabil @ Mar 26th 2008 2:03PM
I think i'm gonna sue apple because GF's iPod suffle only hold 998 songs instead of 1000
imacmatt09 @ Mar 26th 2008 2:29PM
Speaking of Apple... the evil ad is back!
Vanillacide @ Mar 26th 2008 2:44PM
"Apple quietly settles MacBook 6-bit LCD screen lawsuit"
6-bit ... that's 64 colors! My goodness, no wonder there was a lawsuit. Why hasn't anyone else noticed that 64 colours isn't millions. ;)
JT @ Mar 26th 2008 3:14PM
I believe they are referring to 6 bits per RGB pixel. 24 bit displays have 8 bits per RGB pixel.
Vanillacide @ Mar 26th 2008 3:24PM
Humor / humour: containing a comical or satirical element. :O)
UKNigel @ Mar 26th 2008 3:39PM
@JT: I think you mean 6 bits per channel of an RGB pixel. RGB means Red Green Blue, and thus an RGB pixel has 18 bits. Each channel has 6 bits.
vcx @ Mar 26th 2008 3:40PM
Nabil:
Apple always attaches a disclaimer with the number of songs an ipod can hold. In this case of display color depth there wasnt, because you cant have disclaimers for lies. Hence the lawsuit.
CraigJ @ Mar 26th 2008 3:40PM
"the evil ad is back!" Yep. I said this on another thread, but it bears repeating. I like Engadget a lot, I read it every day, but those nasty cycle-sucking ads use a significant portion of my CPU. I have no problem at all with a site earning money via advertising, but this is a bit much. Adblock plus is getting turned on for Engadget until Ryan and Co. can knock some sense into AOL's marketing department.
Nabil @ Mar 26th 2008 3:46PM
VCX:
You have a point, and its not the first time Apple has been involved in false advertisement, but this one seems a little excessive
mymaclife @ Mar 26th 2008 4:11PM
Apple make suffles? They've moved into the kitchen, to be honest a suffle is fucking hard to make so good on Apple!
sinai @ Mar 26th 2008 4:15PM
the inquirer has a nice comment about how the LCD pixels only display THREE colors.
Nabil @ Mar 26th 2008 4:16PM
@mymaclife
smartass
sinai @ Mar 26th 2008 4:20PM
note: souffles = mostly hot air, no substance.
just sayin.
mymaclife @ Mar 26th 2008 6:23PM
@ But clever with it! ;)
A clever smart-ass, now that must be annoying.
PS: Firefox includes a spell checker - hint hint...
Nabil @ Mar 26th 2008 6:31PM
@mymaclife...
Man you remind me of engineering students who's attention to detail, and suggestions on how to improve your life with technology prevented them from getting laid, and encouraged the bullies to beat them up.
Ahh the days of high school...
mymaclife @ Mar 27th 2008 2:46AM
@ Nabil
Wow that worked Nabil - no one likes a bully! The people have spoken.
ekwmin @ Mar 27th 2008 11:56AM
"...apparently the two photographers who filed the suit had a difficult time finding other people who had bought MacBooks based on the advertised color depth of the display"
Big, surprise! Guess what, it's the same with just about every LCD monitor you buy at your local Best Buy, Fry's, etc. Almost all the LCDs are now TN panels. People don't care, they rather pay $200 for a 20" LCD than $500. Gamers probably prefer TN because of it's fast response time. At the same time people complain about Apple's cinema monitor being too expensive. Yes, they do have a bit of a premium, but you need to compare them to similar LCDs which brings the price difference closer. I think several people (in other posts) also mentioned that LCDs aren't good for color critical work. That's not true, there are LCD's that have wider color gamut than what's printable. Most places still use CRTs because it's economical, not because LCD's aren't color accurate.