I was recently given a 2017 13" MacBook Pro (non Touch Bar) from a client. The computer is in excellent condition, though there seems to be some issues with the display. Physically it's OK, but there are some obvious flickering issues, image retention, and backgrounds with whites are pretty harsh. The rest of the display's colours seem fine.
I reformatted the machine and upgraded from High Sierra to Monterey. That didn't solve anything and I didn't expect it to. The screen looks better on on Monterey because you can use dark mode, but that isn't a permanent fix.
Here are some pictures I took with my phone of the display:
The quality is pretty bad. Nothing I can do about that. You can see the obvious image retention and issues with text on white backgrounds. You can also see the blown out whites on the High Sierra background. That said, the phone camera makes the rest of the colours look worse than they are.
Any ideas of what could be wrong? My client could have dropped the machine and something internal like a flex cable is broken.
I reformatted the machine and upgraded from High Sierra to Monterey. That didn't solve anything and I didn't expect it to. The screen looks better on on Monterey because you can use dark mode, but that isn't a permanent fix.
Here are some pictures I took with my phone of the display:
The quality is pretty bad. Nothing I can do about that. You can see the obvious image retention and issues with text on white backgrounds. You can also see the blown out whites on the High Sierra background. That said, the phone camera makes the rest of the colours look worse than they are.
Any ideas of what could be wrong? My client could have dropped the machine and something internal like a flex cable is broken.