Had an opportunity to compare the new Macbook display to it's Pro companions today and I was quite impressed. I had a MBP 13" (brightness maxed) next to the new Macbook (brightness maxed) both running on external power. I spent about 15 minutes comparing the two.
The MBP had a 9C9E display and the Macbook had a 9C91 display.
To my surprise, the black levels on the Macbook were actually better than the MBP. On a full black desktop the MBP had some minor backlight bleed near the bottom but the MB was uniformly black (and blacker). Reminded me of my Macbook Air (1st Gen). Now, the black levels may have been better because I immediately noticed the MB was not as bright. Eyeballing it, I had to drop the MB down two notches in brightness to match (as best I could tell) the MB.
Reflections (under light) were less pronounced with the MB. Colors were oh-so-slight muted on the MB but still looked good. I don't know if the MB uses a high(er) gamut screen - seems unlikely from what I saw.
Anyway, just my initial observations but I was very, very pleased.
PS - I love the base of the new MB...reminds me of the bottom of a Time Capsule.
The MBP had a 9C9E display and the Macbook had a 9C91 display.
To my surprise, the black levels on the Macbook were actually better than the MBP. On a full black desktop the MBP had some minor backlight bleed near the bottom but the MB was uniformly black (and blacker). Reminded me of my Macbook Air (1st Gen). Now, the black levels may have been better because I immediately noticed the MB was not as bright. Eyeballing it, I had to drop the MB down two notches in brightness to match (as best I could tell) the MB.
Reflections (under light) were less pronounced with the MB. Colors were oh-so-slight muted on the MB but still looked good. I don't know if the MB uses a high(er) gamut screen - seems unlikely from what I saw.
Anyway, just my initial observations but I was very, very pleased.
PS - I love the base of the new MB...reminds me of the bottom of a Time Capsule.
