New MacBook Pro - Told LED but it's LCD

Mike Chini · Aug 1, 2007

So what should I do??? I bought it at 59th street in NYC. The salesman assured me it was the new LED but it's the older LCD-type. Since I'm a photographer, it was kind of one of the things I was looking forward to. Should I return it or is it not worth it? Are they even shipping LED's?

Thanks!
MC

dtravis7 · Aug 1, 2007

Mike Chini said:
So what should I do??? I bought it at 59th street in NYC. The salesman assured me it was the new LED but it's the older LCD-type. Since I'm a photographer, it was kind of one of the things I was looking forward to. Should I return it or is it not worth it? Are they even shipping LED's?

Thanks!
MC

If you were promised an LED Backlight MBP and you go the old one, I would go back and demand what you paid for. Be nice, but show them it's the wrong model. I am told the LED backlight screen looks awesome. Blacks much darker.

attackeagle · Aug 1, 2007

OK, I'm not really following you here. Perhaps there is some Jargon confusion

The newer MBP 15s use LED backlighting FOR the LCD screen, instead of CCFL backlighting.

Mike Chini · Aug 1, 2007

attackeagle-

How do I know it's an LED then? Under System Profiler, it says LCD. Would it not say LED?

Thanks btw!
MC

TWM · Aug 1, 2007

Mike Chini said:
attackeagle-

How do I know it's an LED then? Under System Profiler, it says LCD. Would it not say LED?

Thanks btw!
MC

No. it is still an LCD screen.

dtravis7 · Aug 1, 2007

Of course it's an LCD screen. All Laptops are. Like the other poster said, the older MBP's were CCFL which is a Florescent Tube and the new MBP's are LED backlighting which is much better.

Kash · Aug 1, 2007

If you bought a 15 inch Macbook Pro with a 2.2 or 2.4GHz processor, then you have the LED backlight. If you have a processor with a 2.16 or 2.33GHz processor, then you have a regular CCFL backlight.

I know that at release, the 17 inch model didn't have the LED option. I'm not sure if this is still the case.

attackeagle · Aug 1, 2007

Kash said:
If you bought a 15 inch Macbook Pro with a 2.2 or 2.4GHz processor, then you have the LED backlight. If you have a processor with a 2.16 or 2.33GHz processor, then you have a regular CCFL backlight.

I know that at release, the 17 inch model didn't have the LED option. I'm not sure if this is still the case.

QFT. Exactly right, none of the 17's do still...

ephemera · Aug 1, 2007

just to clarify,

the LCD is analogous to a piece of film and the LED backlight is analogous to a light table that you would use to view your piece of film. CCFL backlights can become uneven over time (like the one on my powerbook).

Mike Chini · Aug 1, 2007

Thanks everyone for their help! It is 2.2 Ghz so it must be an LED.