New MacBook… bad screen, off center camera
I am definitely disappointed. MacBook Core2Duo came, looking all beautiful. Build quality much more solid than iBook G4 I have, feels more sleek and less like a toy.
But to my horror I discovered the screen is very poor compared to my iBook G4 (Jan 2006).
The screen is nice and bright and has good colour saturation compared to the iBook, but as soon as you try to drag anything or use anything animated like magnified dock, watch a movie etc, you notice the horrendous motion blur in the LCD panel. It’s like an LCD from 10 years ago – where the blur happens it looks over-exposed and whites-out and looks a total mess.
The vertical viewing angle is unbelievably narrow if you want good colour representation also. The bright tones close to white all merge and white-out unless you have the laptop screen fully folded back and a specific (long) distance from your body. Obviously this depends slightly on your height, but I have no such problems with the iBook G4, which is much more usable.
Then… I notice the iSight camera is off-center. I have to move to the right of the laptop for my face to appear in the middle of the picture.
And… the trackpad seems to have a defect such that it feels like there is a grain of sand under one spot.
This just isn’t good enough Apple. The screen is by far the worst problem. I’m hoping mine is from a faulty batch because I just cannot believe that a screen this poor compared to previous screens would make it through quality control.
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Hi!
Oow it seems that your MacBook has some problems :/
I’m an owner of a old iBook G4 1ghz and my room mate has a brand new MacBook. His screen doesnt seem to suffer from the motion blur you describe and his isight seems to be centered. You really should return it asap…
By the way, many of my friends have some problems with their macbook’s screen; it begins to “flash” after about 6 months of use (they are all computer’s hardcore user) :-/
Good luck!
I checked out the MacBook screen at an Apple store today and I think they are low quality. The viewing angle is poor and the display seems over saturated even when altered in System Prefs. The screens on budget laptops are vastly superior. I was going to sell my iMac for a MacBook, but they seem overpriced and, as you can tell, I’m not impressed with the screen. I’ve noticed a Dell 1520 which for £650 is a much higher spec and with a quality screen. I don’t want to go back to Windows much, but I don’t want to get ripped off either!
I also have a new macbook, I tried to watch Torchwood on the bbc iplayer and it has a very bad viewing angle, especially on dark scenes, I had to keep tilting it, I hope this is not the end of the apple quality. I also have a 8 year old g4 titanium power book and the screen is still amazing, you can also view from any angle.
Maybe Apple are cutting costs finally. come on apple Bad screen! it’s only the MAIN THING OU LOOK AT…ALL THE TIME!
Doh!