It's a TN panel. That should tell you everything you need to know about it. You don't buy such a screen for color accuracy.
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It's a TN panel. That should tell you everything you need to know about it. You don't buy such a screen for color accuracy.
All apple laptops use TN screens, I think part of it is that they usually come in thinner packages.
Anyway, I used a 13" and 11.6" yesterday, they both seem pretty good to me, worlds better than the "bad macbook" screen and still IMHO a lot better than the "good macbook" screen of the olden days.
Color accuracy? I'm not sure! The MBA I used had no internet connection so I couldn't do that kind of test. However, the last time I did the color accuracy testing on an Apple laptop was a 17" antiglare MBP and it failed BADLY. (I highly doubt the antiglare was responsible)
Anyway, I used a 13" and 11.6" yesterday, they both seem pretty good to me, worlds better than the "bad macbook" screen and still IMHO a lot better than the "good macbook" screen of the olden days.
Color accuracy? I'm not sure! The MBA I used had no internet connection so I couldn't do that kind of test. However, the last time I did the color accuracy testing on an Apple laptop was a 17" antiglare MBP and it failed BADLY. (I highly doubt the antiglare was responsible)
Yes, and those aren't great either. If you are going to print something, look at it on a desktop IPS display. End of Story.
Anyway, I just love the quality of my new MBA 13" and really enjoy the high 1440x900 resolution! But I'm not a professional printer/photographer, so the colors do not have to be 100% perfect, although they LOOK perfect to me, a lot better than the 13" MacBook alu unibody it replaced. 
A side by side comparison with my 13" 2009 MBP reveals the better display (resolution aside) is the "13" MBA due to it not being so glossy & reflective.
A side by side comparison with my 15" 2010 MBP reveals the MBP superior. That's due to the antiglare hi-res option I chose for it.
There have been a few laptops with IPS screens (IBM Flexview screens were either IPS or AFFS, very similar tech).
I've heard of other laptops using them (I think the HP EliteBooks with that crazy color screen [whatever it's called!] also might use IPS screens).
But like I said, most IPS screens I've seen were considerably fatter than their TN cousins.
I've heard of other laptops using them (I think the HP EliteBooks with that crazy color screen [whatever it's called!] also might use IPS screens).
But like I said, most IPS screens I've seen were considerably fatter than their TN cousins.
I've had both the 11" and 13" Air. The gamut on the MBP is much richer and it's obvious.
man oh man, being colorblind (i still see all primary colors, it's very similar hues I have difficult seeing, basically I can see like 20000 colors as opposed to a million, so all REAL colors from the spectrum are visible to me, I can't see minute differences in shades i.e. 2 very similar shades of red are difficult for me to see the difference) has never been so great. I love not having to worry about this crap, because let's be honest, if the difference between what I see and what is technically color accurate did happen, I'm sure I'de have trouble seeing it 
. Ignorance is bliss, or at least hindered color vision is.
. Ignorance is bliss, or at least hindered color vision is.So I have an 11 inch Macbook Air with the 9CF2 screen and I'm wondering if my screen is faulty or not.
I exhibit faint horizontal lines across the screen when looking closely and am not sure if these are just the discernible pixels you see on a LCD (I'm used to the iPhone Retina Display so maybe I'm spoiled) or if it's similar to previous-gen horizontal line issues.
Does anyone else notice this or am I just looking too closely?
Thanks for the help.
I exhibit faint horizontal lines across the screen when looking closely and am not sure if these are just the discernible pixels you see on a LCD (I'm used to the iPhone Retina Display so maybe I'm spoiled) or if it's similar to previous-gen horizontal line issues.
Does anyone else notice this or am I just looking too closely?
Thanks for the help.