Yeah, the article mentions that---though I don't know how much color correctness matters if you are viewing the display in sunlight.
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Backlit Apple Logo Could Make a Comeback on Future MacBooks
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Oh god I hope this comes back
Apple could be considering a return of the iconic backlit Apple logo on future MacBook models, if a newly published patent is anything to go by.
Once a common sight in coffee shops everywhere, the glowing emblem of an Apple logo featured on the lids of many Mac laptops launched in the early 2000s, but its demise in 2015 could turn out to be relatively short-lived.
Filed by Apple in May 2022 and published last week by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a new patent summarizes various implementations of "Electronic Devices With Backlit Partial Mirror Structures," but the illustrated example leaves readers in little doubt about the specific use case Apple has in mind.
Patently Apple, which first highlighted the document, notes that three of the engineers listed on the patent only joined Apple in 2018, long after the backlit logo was dropped from Mac laptops, indicating that a different methodology is being described.
The first Mac laptop with a lit-up Apple logo was the third-generation PowerBook G3 launched in 1999, and the glowing symbol proved a mainstay through consecutive Apple notebooks for the next 16 years. The only change in that period was that the logo got flipped upright, so that it no longer appeared upside down to onlookers when someone was sat in public with the lid open.
In 2015, Apple began nixing the illuminated insignia from its laptops, starting with the ultra-thin 12-inch MacBook, which had a polished metal logo instead, like those seen on iPads. In 2016, a new generation of MacBook Pro models continued the unlit trend, and Apple hasn't launched a Mac laptop with a glowing logo since.
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Me too! I loved it. My original MacBook Pro, purchased in 2015 had the light and I’m not buying another one until they bring it back! My youngest is using it at U of Iowa (Go Hawks!) and it’s apple still glows. As soon as it’s back I’m upgrading…patiently waiting…
My MacBook Air from 2018 was the last one I bought that had the backlit logo. I still use it for some things even though it's slow af lol I hope they bring it back as well. So iconic.