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Can You See the Apple logo Through the Display?
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brad.c
macrumors 68020
I don't know about the Air, but I can see it on my MBP with when the screen is off, but not at all when it's on. The backlighting of the screen is what lights up the logo on the outside, so there is no opaque layer between.
EDIT: Actually, it is somewhat noticeable when the screen is on too, but it doesn't effect the readablilty at all. If it's enough to be distracting you'd be adjusting your viewing angle/location anyways.
EDIT: Actually, it is somewhat noticeable when the screen is on too, but it doesn't effect the readablilty at all. If it's enough to be distracting you'd be adjusting your viewing angle/location anyways.
mikeinternet
macrumors 6502a
I had to dim the screen down and practically put a light bulb to the back to get it to show through my macbook pro.
I've never been a fan of that huge logo. And that is lights up is even worse.
I've never been a fan of that huge logo. And that is lights up is even worse.
Yes. I have noticed this going back to my Al PowerBook G4. Since the apple logo is translucent and uses the backlight from the screen to "glow", an even stronger light source coming from the other side will light up the screen in front of the logo.
theDUB
macrumors 6502a
I don't find it amazing at all. There is an apple shaped hole in the lid of your notebook. Light passes through it both ways.
I have to turn the brightness all the way down but still on and put the PB where the window is shining directly on the back of the screen to see it.
cdcastillo
macrumors 68000
No, it is because it has less layers of material, and it is designed to let light pass trough it (that's why it glows). It is not only limited to the MBA, I happens also to the macbooks and macbooks pro.
Yes
See Thru Logo
So this may have already been mentioned but it was exciting to me and lacks an explanation as far as my limited knowledge of the mbp screen goes, but when the computer is on, if you dim it all the way down to black and backlight it you can still see what is on screen through the reversed apple logo. Exciting!
So this may have already been mentioned but it was exciting to me and lacks an explanation as far as my limited knowledge of the mbp screen goes, but when the computer is on, if you dim it all the way down to black and backlight it you can still see what is on screen through the reversed apple logo. Exciting!
designgeek
macrumors 65816
I could see it on my old Powerbook G4 but not so well on my uni MBP. It's because the back light is either translucent or transparent, I can't remember which, and the screen is translucent so the back light shows through.
gr8tfly
macrumors 603
All Apple notebooks, except for the Powerbook G3 Series (Wallstreet), do this. Perfectly normal.
The Wallstreet glowed slightly, only because of backlight leaking to the logo. All the others are illuminated by design. There's a piece of translucent white material between the logo and the back of the display.
I wouldn't have it any other way. Nothing like my entire family and a couple friends, all sitting around the living room - picture a semi-circle of glowing Apple logos. 😎 I've also seen my local coffee hangout aglow with Apples. Usually, at this shop anyway, about a 6-1 ratio of PB/MB to wannabes 😉
The Wallstreet glowed slightly, only because of backlight leaking to the logo. All the others are illuminated by design. There's a piece of translucent white material between the logo and the back of the display.
I wouldn't have it any other way. Nothing like my entire family and a couple friends, all sitting around the living room - picture a semi-circle of glowing Apple logos. 😎 I've also seen my local coffee hangout aglow with Apples. Usually, at this shop anyway, about a 6-1 ratio of PB/MB to wannabes 😉