jxyama said:
unless the number of dead pixels is over a certain amount, apple will not accept returns unless you pay a 10% re-stocking fee. it's not worth it since perfect screen now may develop dead/stuck pixels in the future anyway.
don't look. if you don't know, you'll hardly notice.
i think you have never had a faulty pixel on your screens. i had three on my previous powerbook, and one of them was about two inches from the left and four inches from the top, bright red pixel, and no way i could do any photoshopping on the left side of the display. and then one of those was an inch from bottom, center, and was annoyingly noticeable every single time i had to access the dock. very annoying. talk about hardly noticing.
the screen itself costs well over thousand dollars, and getting it changed ads to the cost. so if there's a chance of getting a perfect display for few hundred, that's a price i would pay. but then again, after the previous powerbook, i will never buy a lcd screen without being to able to check it before the purchase.
but that's just me. maybe you can live with faulty pixels or scratches on your car door, but i cannot accept it.
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yes, you're right in stating there's no guarantee that currently perfect screen would be perfect after three years of use - the screen is a moving part and will get worse over time. BUT it should be perfect at the beginning, that's what one pays for. if there's a dead pixel after three years, i don't care anymore, but i want that X months that the screen functions perfectly.