Anne-Marie I use my 17" PowerBook outside a lot and always found the brightness level on the low side. However I have just realised that the screen seems much brighter and easier to use outside now and the only thing I have done is upgrade to Tiger. What OS are you running? Wendy On 26 Jun 2005, at 18:08, 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. Wendy Austin & Thomas Oswin Coastal Road Pomponette via Surinam Mauritius Island tel/ans/fax: +2306257399 iChat/MSN: wendy_austin at mac.com