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Are the screens really that bad?
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Being totally honest, I'd much rather watch a movie on my touch than the MB when traveling.
The Macbook is fine for movies.
I was wrong about it when I said a few months ago that it was bad for movies, in that I didn't realize that you have to just carefully adjust the vertical angle in order to get a good picture. The vertical range is not good but after you adjust it it's ok.
Having a very narrow range is of course undesirable, but in the past i've had notebooks that you could never get right and found yourself always adjusting the screen.
The Macbook is not like that. I'ts ok.
I was wrong about it when I said a few months ago that it was bad for movies, in that I didn't realize that you have to just carefully adjust the vertical angle in order to get a good picture. The vertical range is not good but after you adjust it it's ok.
Having a very narrow range is of course undesirable, but in the past i've had notebooks that you could never get right and found yourself always adjusting the screen.
The Macbook is not like that. I'ts ok.
Agree with everything written so far - brighter, clearer screen, with a narrower viewing angle. My old macbook screen had concentric rings of brightness from either the light source or a slight ripple in the screen, wasn't sure what. This one has a perfectly, beautifully even screen, more even than my last-edition macbook pro and my 20in cinema display - as long as you get the angle right! Otherwise it's negative blacks all over the place.
Are you serious?
I've watched more than a few movies on my iPod Touch and must say I'm impressed. I don't plan on watching a lot of movies on the WMB when it arrives, I just hope movies are much better looking on it versus the iPod Touch