Any 15" MBP without Pixel Walk issues?

I've never heard of this until now. I might suggest making an appointment at the genius bar of your local Apple store. If there is no store nearby I would call Apple & go from there.

 

Very enlightening website.

My 24" first gen Al iMac shows flicker on 4a or 4b on that test. I also get the shadow effect to the right of the black box on 4a/b. So it's not just laptops. Fortunately I've never encountered anything like that under real world conditions.

 

Hm... my MBP 15" w/ glossy low res does perfect. No visible pixel walk. There is visible ghosting on 3 and 4a, but other than that, nothing I can see.

 

Get the Lenovo. I think you're missing the point of the test since nowhere does it say about scrolling. You're meant to look at the boxes and see if any of them flicker

The following are moving:

Dell U2412M - 4a & 2b
2011 MBA 13" - 4a
2009 Sony laptop - 4b

I can test on an ACD and a 2009 MBP 13" tomorrow.

Edit: iPad 2: no flicker

 

Most people don't follow the text while it's scrolling, I don't think. I usually read texts while they are not scrolling.

 

Apple uses LG and Samsung panels, usually a variety of 3 or 4, in their laptop displays. Luck of the draw if you get a good panel.

I had an antiglare MacBook Pro back in 2009 which had a checkered effect over everything that moved. I eventually took it back, Apple Store employee struggled to notice what I was on about, but was happy enough to exchange it.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=791590

 

I don't think LG or Samsung makes much of a difference. I think it is either a bad or good panel.

 

Here is some one that has a similar issue to you

http://apple.stackexchange.com/ques...l-walk-screen-test-truly-indicate-a-problem-o

I may be wrong, but I don't think pixel walk has anything to do with the problem that you describe in your original post. To be honest I don't really understand your problem. If I scroll fast on any monitor / computer, the text can be blurry. I don't try to read it.

As per the link above, if I turn down the brightness on the MBA, then the flickering on the test page does indeed disappear. I am not sure what you're testing by scrolling on the test page.

I've edited my first response to mention that I am not sure why you're scrolling on that test page, since I think you're missing the point of that test, unless I've lost my mind.

 

No, I'm sorry. I read it out of context so I edited the last post.

 

One last comment: a side by side comparison of screens seems difficult to me, since the pixel walk "problem" disappears if you turn down the brightness. I've also found some old posts on this forum that link to the same site you linked to.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1162962

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1158343

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1139928

 

Does the text actually get blurry, or are your eyes just not focusing on it well enough so it seems blurry? And no, I'm not trying to be a jerk, it's a valid question. Some people have trouble with the hi-res screen and it bothers their eyes; I would think that would be even worse with the text in motion.

 

take it to the store