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Yellow tint on Haswell rMBP 15"
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Apple Care & Yellow tint?
Important Question:
Does the Yellow-tint problem appear from the beginning on or does this effect come over the time of usage too?
Second Question: Does the Apple-Care-Protection-Plan cover this issue for the whole 3 year period?
i really want to know this, cause then ill think again about buying the Apple Care.
Important Question:
Does the Yellow-tint problem appear from the beginning on or does this effect come over the time of usage too?
Second Question: Does the Apple-Care-Protection-Plan cover this issue for the whole 3 year period?
i really want to know this, cause then ill think again about buying the Apple Care.
i think yours is even better... or same...difficult to say, really my problem is brightness
once again my in dark room
am i the only one who is thinking this is more a search for something that is not there?
is saw yellow screens, but that ones arent yellow at all.
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like this.
is saw yellow screens, but that ones arent yellow at all.
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like this.
its NOT YELLOW. you are searching for something that isnt there. this thread seeds panic all over the place. sure, in some cases there is truely a serious problem, but many people becoming crazy about this.
if it bothers you, return it. but dont ask around what you should do.
Findings so far on my 2nd replacement. The screen is definitely white, the body does not creak and the keyboard is solid.
However (there always seems to be a but with these things), I am not sure whether I am pleased with the uniformity - or lack of it - of this screen's backlighting. Whenever I drag a Safari window, which is on this website or any other lighter coloured website, from left to right and back, I can see clear differences in lighting. It basically looks as if the screen has subtle smudges on it, as if different gradients of shadows are cast upon the page. This is also noticeable when scrolling on light pages, as parts of the page then scroll from lighter through slightly darker to lighter areas of the screen again.
I am debating whether I should settle with this one. On the one hand, this MacBook is the best I've had yet, with even colouring, but on the other hand I feel as if the screen.. should be more evenly lit.
How is the backlighting on your screens? Do you see any subtle shadowing when dragging a white object across the screen?
However (there always seems to be a but with these things), I am not sure whether I am pleased with the uniformity - or lack of it - of this screen's backlighting. Whenever I drag a Safari window, which is on this website or any other lighter coloured website, from left to right and back, I can see clear differences in lighting. It basically looks as if the screen has subtle smudges on it, as if different gradients of shadows are cast upon the page. This is also noticeable when scrolling on light pages, as parts of the page then scroll from lighter through slightly darker to lighter areas of the screen again.
I am debating whether I should settle with this one. On the one hand, this MacBook is the best I've had yet, with even colouring, but on the other hand I feel as if the screen.. should be more evenly lit.
How is the backlighting on your screens? Do you see any subtle shadowing when dragging a white object across the screen?
might be reaching here, but something strange seems to be going on with the best buy 15in. not only did the deal end yesterday, but now the base model is all unavailable, including for in store pickup. when i checked last night 8-9 of the closest stores to me all had inventory. is it possible theyre being replaced with newer batches (with better screens?)? 15 in also temporarily unavailable on amazon.
ah, ok. probably just some kind of post-deal system glitch, then. they cant possibly have every macbook in "coming soon" status
I have noticed this on both of mine so far - particularly when dragging a white window from one side of the screen to the other. Looks like the screen is dirty.
This is normal. No IPS display is 100% uniform--it's an inherent shortcoming of the technology.
When looking at a solid colour on mine, for instance, the screen looks perfectly uniform to the eye, but when dragging a window across the screen the very subtle shifts in backlighting intensity become visible. For me, this is a non-issue.
It's important to keep things in perspective--harsh yellow gradients or shadows which are always visible are a problem because your eyes will always be drawn to them. But the very subtle shifts in backlighting you are seeing are truly only noticeable when dragging a window across the screen--and even then, you probably have to be actively looking for it to actually notice it.
We all want "perfect" displays--and each person's standards for this will be different. That said, don't let this thread trick you into thinking you "need" a theoretically perfect display, as this fixation will ultimately overtake your life and you'll find yourself constantly looking for problems that aren't there.
And this is a bit OT but needs to be said: the notion that one should expect "perfection" at a certain arbitrary price point is an absolute fallacy. You should definitely expect satisfaction when you spend a lot of money on something--which is entirely subjective--but just because a product is the most expensive one available doesn't mean it's supposed to be perfect. (It's often quite the opposite in the realm of automobiles, for example.)
Great post! I've literally gone all out OCD by reading this thread, I was so happy when I got my current macbook I thought finally I landed a perfect one, I came home checked it out again and it looked great nice and white no yellowing that I could notice, then I thought to post a pic here again to see wabt ppl thought and when some said that it didn't look great I immediately started staring at my screen and all of a sudden I started seeing things but I now see that I'm seeing things that are not there, there is however a very very subtle light yellow tinge at the bottom but you have to look to really see it. I think this thread is making us all crazy and returning MacBooks which probably have nothing wrong with them.
Please send my condolences to your therapist.
I can't he has since been committed to a mental institution after treating me hahaha!!!
I looked at my serial number and it is "m."
I just want to get this whole thing behind me so I can start using my computer. The problem with me is that I have a BTO model so they cant check my screen beforehand since it ships directly from China and they don't have any of those in the retail stores.
I will definitely ask for compensation this time around since it will be over a month between when I ordered my first and by the time I get my third computer. So should I ask for a serial number N or O on the fifth character or does that matter?
I just want to get this whole thing behind me so I can start using my computer. The problem with me is that I have a BTO model so they cant check my screen beforehand since it ships directly from China and they don't have any of those in the retail stores.
I will definitely ask for compensation this time around since it will be over a month between when I ordered my first and by the time I get my third computer. So should I ask for a serial number N or O on the fifth character or does that matter?
What serial # are you referring to? And where to find it? Do you mean the serial# of the actual macbook? What is the significance of the letters? Thanks,
The 5th place in the serial number is the build week. There was a spreadsheet a few pages back that matched up letters with weeks. xxxxMxxxxx were built earlier in the month