Penryn MBP people -- what LCD do you have?

[mox123]

Production Week 12
9C80 (AUOptronics) - yellowish, but barely noticeable.

i have 9C83...how do i find out about which production week?

 

[Dragonforce]

Your Mac Serial Number contains that information.
You can find it in "About this Mac" when you click two times on the version number of your OS X.

For example W8812xxxxx

W8 ist the code for the facility in Shanghai
8 is the year (2008)
and 12 is the week when your Mac was born

 

[mox123]

Your Mac Serial Number contains that information.
You can find it in "About this Mac" when you click two times on the version number of your OS X.

For example W8812xxxxx

W8 ist the code for the facility in Shanghai
8 is the year (2008)
and 12 is the week when your Mac was born

oh kewl....mine is W8809xxxx.....hmmm my machine is made in march then????

 

[Dragonforce]

Last week of February

 

[Sace]

2.4GHz MBP Penryn

Production Week 14
9C80 (AUOptronics) - yellowish lower 1/4th, but barely noticeable.

 

[Vanarak19]

Your Mac Serial Number contains that information.
You can find it in "About this Mac" when you click two times on the version number of your OS X.

For example W8812xxxxx

W8 ist the code for the facility in Shanghai
8 is the year (2008)
and 12 is the week when your Mac was born

this cant be correct. i bought my MBP online on the 20th of MARCH, and it is showing Week 13 born date...

9c83 here. perfect screen.

 

[mikesk8]

Week 12...LG 9c81 ... no issues

 

[lazydesi]

for me its 09C82

 

[asmallchild]

Built Week 10 of 2008 (Built in March which appears about right as CoconutBattery says my laptop is roughly 2 months old)

Screen = 9C83, appears just fine

Is the 9C83 screen less prone to yellowing?

 

[Reaperducer]

9C7A here. It was built last week.

 

[Braulioe]

9C82......2.4 Penryn 15" matte screen

 

[yarinb]

9C82......2.4 Penryn 15" matte screen

same here

 

[f1vespeed]

9C81, base glossy model. I have a yellow tint in the bottom 1/4, will be taking it back tomorrow.

It's definitely not a backlighting problem. It looks, as others have described it, like a layer of dirt.

 

[jraneses]

9C7A here. It was built last week.

Who makes the 9C7A? Is that a 17" panel?

 

[bcaslis]

Who makes the 9C7A? Is that a 17" panel?

That's one of the 17" hi-res panel. It's made by LG, I have one. Excellent quality, brighter, whiter, and better overall than any of the 15" I've seen so far.

 

[ru-sirius?]

Let the buyer beware - the old 'switcheroo'

I just received my 15.4 MBP 2.2 mhz 120 GB that I ordered online from Apple. It has washed out color that is just wrong in comparison to my Dell laptop and my NEC LCD external display. ('Finding Nemo' was a good check)
The color on MBP is nearly identical to my old PB G4 12" - so this is an Apple issue.
I checked my color profile and found that I hve a Chi Mei 9C6D display ( not an LG or Samsung) and I really cannot believe this is an S-IPS display.
I have downloaded some color profiles from this site but they did not improve the colors - or lack thereof.
I also have the "yellow tinge" on the lower part of the display and have used a white-test-file to confirm this.
I am going to my local Apple dealer ASAP to try to exchange for a better display, otherwise I will return it. Fortunately, I am still within the 14 day return period.
PS. I also am returning an HP monitor from Amazon for the same reason!

 

[Sir Cecil]

9C7A. It is definitely the finest laptop display I've ever seen.

 

[RSC10]

Total agreement

Another ringing endorsement for the 9C7A. By far the best display I've had the pleasure of using.....

 

[jraneses]

Another ringing endorsement for the 9C7A. By far the best display I've had the pleasure of using.....

I really wish Apple was able to find some 15" panels that share the same quality as the 9C7A. Unfortunately, the only way to get a really nice MBP LCD at the moment is to drop 3k+ on a 17" model.