Try Ambrosia's Screen Cleaner Pro. It's freeware and may help brighten up any over dark screen. <http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/freebies/> k On Jun 26, 2005, at 7:08 AM, Anne-Marie Concepcion wrote: > I suppose there's no fix for this, but thought I'd ask anyway. > > In the summer months I like to work outside on my deck with my > Powerbook (Alum 15"). The deck has an awning but I'm not really in > dim shade here or anything, more like diffused shade. > > Even with the screen at its brightest, it's like I'm working with > black ink on medium-gray paper, barely any contrast. It's very hard > to see what I'm doing especially when I'm trying to write an email > like this, with 10 point geneva.