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Are you annoyed when you see people with their backlight on unnecessarily?
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Wasteful of what? A quarter of a Watt or so? There are so much more other things one could save on that would have a much greater impact.
Hell that's the reason I drive a pick up truck. I love wasting gas...why not electricity too.
Nope. I've got better things to do than worry about trivial things that other people do. To each his own, I guess.
And fretting over people that do this isn't wasteful? You have no better use of your time or concern?
It's not your computer... people can have the backlight on whenever they choose, and it's really not your responsibility to be worried about anyone's computer but your own.
My screen brightness is at max and my keyboard is fully lit up. I'm sitting in a well lit, bright room. I just happen to like using my computer this way. Even if it does use a bit more battery, I'm literally 3ft away from a wall outlet. It's my computer, and I should be able to use it however I like, and so should anyone else, and they should not be worried/concerned/annoyed.
My screen brightness is at max and my keyboard is fully lit up. I'm sitting in a well lit, bright room. I just happen to like using my computer this way. Even if it does use a bit more battery, I'm literally 3ft away from a wall outlet. It's my computer, and I should be able to use it however I like, and so should anyone else, and they should not be worried/concerned/annoyed.
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What about the wastefulness in creating this thread, the time we use to read it, the CPU power of the servers, and the power used to run the Internet servers to deliver the content for this particular thread to us? What about that electricity that was wasted?
It's likely that this thread, being viewed and responded to wasted more electricity than your perceived annoyance for backlit keyboards being on during the day and you posting your beef with it here.
I've probably wasted a full percentage point of my iPhones battery on this thread.
What about the wastefulness in creating this thread, the time we use to read it, the CPU power of the servers, and the power used to run the Internet servers to deliver the content for this particular thread to us? What about that electricity that was wasted?
It's likely that this thread, being viewed and responded to wasted more electricity than your perceived annoyance for backlit keyboards being on during the day and you posting your beef with it here.
I've probably wasted a full percentage point of my iPhones battery on this thread.
The OP of this thread and the OP of this other thread https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=13974732#post13974732 should get together and chat.
I hope you don't have any lights on when you stay up at night worrying about stuff like this.
This is interesting actually. I don't have my keyboard backlight on when there's sufficient ambient lighting, but I usually only have 1 bar of keyboard backlighting when there is poor ambient lighting. I suppose I'm naturally frugal about any resources, too.
I am not bothered, however, if I see other people with their keyboard backlighting on. It looks pretty cool and probably does shave a fraction of a second off their time searching for a key, or perhaps it gives them inspiration when typing up their document, composing, etc.
I am not bothered, however, if I see other people with their keyboard backlighting on. It looks pretty cool and probably does shave a fraction of a second off their time searching for a key, or perhaps it gives them inspiration when typing up their document, composing, etc.
not bothered too much. I am really annoyed when I see Windows laptops. Now that really get's my hide!
The OP does have a good point, it's unneccessary in a bright room. While what others do with their laptops are their own business, I do get slightly irked when I see an easily correctable waste (though in this case, it's more of an excess).
IMO, just let others be. If they were deliberately setting fire to gallons of fuel on a Spare the air day, than sure.... but something as minor as a backlit KB on a sunny day? Naw. I'd see the light seepage through the Apple logo as a bigger waste.
IMO, just let others be. If they were deliberately setting fire to gallons of fuel on a Spare the air day, than sure.... but something as minor as a backlit KB on a sunny day? Naw. I'd see the light seepage through the Apple logo as a bigger waste.
No, he doesn't. This is crazy.
It's easy to save much more power by reducing the display brightness, not using flash player, or actually, by not using the computer. Just closing the lid of the MBP instead of turning it off is a waste.
Anyways, we all have some crazy things we obsess about, while most other people don't care. So to answer the OPs question, no, it doesn't annoy me!
I guess you'd get really annoyed when you saw me running Windows 7 in a Parallels 7 VM under Lion.
I know Mac users can be a bit OCD but this is a little over the top. Getting annoyed by someone else deciding to have their back light on. Its their computer let them use it the way they deem, and you can worry about how you use your computer.
What's next, people start getting annoyed about when my iPhone screen turns off after non use.
What's next, people start getting annoyed about when my iPhone screen turns off after non use.
Well I am glad this feature can be turned off anyway. It is a worthless feature anyway. Anyone with a one week typing class can learn how to type without looking at the keys.
Though I do like to leave features like this on once in a while, just so I can waste power. In your face Al Gore.
Though I do like to leave features like this on once in a while, just so I can waste power. In your face Al Gore.