Does the logo on the powerbook light up like the iBook when the lcd screen is on?

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Microwave

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Aug 14, 2005

• #1

Does the logo on the powerbook light up like the iBook when the lcd screen is on? well does it?

 

njmac

macrumors 68000

• Aug 14, 2005

• #2

It sure does

 

tikibangout

macrumors regular

• Aug 14, 2005

• #3

The PB is more expensive, it better.

 

Hydra

macrumors regular

• Aug 14, 2005

• #4

It's alot brighter than the one on iBook.

 

Chundles

macrumors G5

• Aug 14, 2005

• #5

The PowerBook one is bluer, the iBook one is white.

 

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Patch^

macrumors regular

• Aug 14, 2005

• #6

Chundles said:

The PowerBook one is bluer, the iBook one is white.

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The apple logo on my powerbook is just white, I have never seen any shade of blue emitted from it :/

 

mad jew

Moderator emeritus

• Aug 14, 2005

• #7

I'm pretty sure any major difference we see in the Apple logos is because of the different colour of the rest of the back of the screen (aluminium versus white) and its contrast with the white logo. 🙂

 

Chundles

macrumors G5

• Aug 14, 2005

• #8

Yeah fair cop Mad Jew, just always thought the PowerBook ones looked a cooler blue shade.

 

schatten

macrumors member

• Aug 14, 2005

• #9

It's just a window.

The Apple logo isn't really anything more than a window to the backlight on the LCD. But... yeah; it lights up whenever the LCD is on.

 

MacDawg

Moderator emeritus

• Aug 14, 2005

• #10

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iEdd

macrumors 68000

• Aug 14, 2005

• #11

schatten said:

The Apple logo isn't really anything more than a window to the backlight on the LCD. But... yeah; it lights up whenever the LCD is on.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but TFTs used on laptops generate their own light and shouldn't be backlit.

 

matticus008

macrumors 68040

• Aug 14, 2005

• #12

epepper9 said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but TFTs used on laptops generate their own light and shouldn't be backlit.

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Consider yourself corrected 🙂. All TFTs must be backlit. The only notebooks to lack a backlight are the old passive LCDs, from the early 90s. The backlight is just very compact on notebooks.

 

matticus008

macrumors 68040

• Aug 14, 2005

• #13

matticus008 said:

Consider yourself corrected 🙂. All TFTs must be backlit. The only notebooks to lack a backlight are the old passive LCDs, from the early 90s. The backlight is just very compact on notebooks.

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Actually, I lied. Those were backlit, too.