rMBP Less Screen Brightness than Air?

[danqi]

I felt like my brand new 13" rMBP was a little dark compared to what I am used to, so I just compared it to my old 2010 Macbook Air and the screen of the Air is definitely slightly brighter than that of the rMBP.

Now, I am wondering if that is normal, or if my screen could have a defect.

 

[MacInTO]

I agree with you. It's dimmer, but it's normal. I mostly edit photographs and I had to turn the brightness up slightly further on the rMBP.

I previously used a 2011 15" MBP with the matte screen and it was brighter at the same setting.

Here's a thread about brightness...

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1393740/