[PLUG] deep philosophical question

[Jason Martin]

On 5/21/07, Kenneth B. Hill <ken at scottshill.com> wrote:
>
> On May 21, 2007, at 10:59 AM, Jason Martin wrote:
>
> > On 5/21/07, Kenneth B. Hill <ken at scottshill.com> wrote:
> >> On May 21, 2007, at 10:00 AM, Rogan Creswick wrote:
> >> >
> >> > This just came to my attention, and it seems germaine to our
> >> > discussion:
> >> >
> >> > Apparently Apple has been mis-advertising their Macbooks --
> >> instead of
> >> > "millions of colors" (implying 8-bit or better displays) they
> >> are only
> >> > capable of 262k colors + dithering (6-bit color).
> >> > http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/05/18/lawsuit-over-
> >> > mac-book-mac-book-pro-displays
> >> >
> >> > --Rogan
> >> >
> >> My MacBookPro does not have this limitation.
> >
> > How did you determine that?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jason
> >
> Click the Apple icon on the top menu bar. Click System Preferences.
> Click Displays. My default dispaly is "Color LCD" with colors =
> millions.

The article was stating that the displays are faking it, so I don't
think you'd be able to tell from software.  I think to be able to tell
you would need to know the make/model of actual display, which the
article states most MB/MBPs are from a single vendor who doesn't make
8-bit displays except in 20 in. or higher.  The GPU is still running
at 8-bits/color in case you hook up an external display.  I'm not an
expert on this stuff though.

What I gathered though is that most 15 in. and larger laptop displays
are 6-bits/color, so I don't think this is a unique issue to Apple.

Jason