[P1] Screen color...

[Michael W. Shaffer]

On 2003/03/13 1:55 PM, "J Patrick Draine" <draine at attbi.com> wrote:

> The question below was posted 6 weeks ago; I don't remember what
> replies Pat got. I bring it up because I'm still waffling on taking the
> iBook plunge, and am still tempted by the 800 MHz 14" iBook (refurbs
> available online ~$1349-1399). BUT the display model at the local
> CompUSA has an extreme grayish tint to the screen; for example the
> red-yellow-green buttons in the upper left corner of windows have very
> little color to them!
> Is this a hardware problem or a settings problem? And if it's a
> hardware problem, how responsive is AppleCare about it?
> 
> Patrick Draine
> 
> On Monday, January 27, 2003, at 03:12  PM, Pat D. Stephens wrote:
> 
>> This may be the wrong place to ask this, but the screen on my TiBook
>> is getting grayer and grayer.  It's so much darker than the new iBook.
>>  Is this a normal thing, or quick, before my Applecare runs out, are
>> they normally darker or do I have a problem?

Hi all,

I'm a new subscriber to the list.  I got my iBook a few months ago.  I
thought I would give my take on both questions.  Regarding the screen
getting grayer and grayer, this is definitely not normal.  Call Apple before
your Applecare runs out and fix it if it isn't too late.

Regarding the second question about the gray tint to the iBook in CompUSA,
this could be the system preferences.  If you look in System Preferences >
General, check the appearance and highlight color.  This could be set to
either Blue (normal) or Graphite.  If it is set to Graphite, that would
explain why everything looks so gray.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Pookey
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