ColdFusion Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 As part of their new Green(er) approach to the environment, Apple is planning to introduce LED backlighting to its range of LCD displays. After coming under some criticism from environmental organisations (including Greenpeace), Steve Jobs outlined exactly what Apple is doing to remove toxic chemicals from their products: "Apple plans to reduce and eventually eliminate the use of mercury by transitioning to LED backlighting for all displays when technically and economically feasible...we plan to introduce our first Macs with LED backlight technology in 2007" But the plus points for LED backlighting aren't all environmental; the technology offers increased colour saturation, lower power consumption, cooler operation and a longer life span when compared to the existing cold cathode fluorescent backlights (CCFLs). It's not clear exactly how soon we'll see these new displays across the board, as Jobs is careful to mention: "Our ability to completely eliminate fluorescent lamps in all of our displays depends on how fast the LCD industry can transition to LED backlighting for larger displays." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 Oh Goodie . I was about to buy a new MacBook Pro, now im waiting for this , hopefully Apple has OLED by the end of the year, then i'll wait till then. Good News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simania_NL Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 ....hopefully Apple has OLED by the end of the year, then i'll wait till then. Good News OLED is a different technology. Apple is saying that the LCD's get a LED backlight instead of the traditional cold cathode fluorescent backlights (CCFLs). A great benefit of OLED displays over traditional liquid crystal displays (LCDs) is that OLEDs do not require a backlight to function. Never the less this is great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mebster Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 Now this is great news. I'd never even thought about how wasteful apple are, just how expensive. And that greenmyapple site looks really slick. Thanks ColdFusion for the informative piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFusion Posted May 3, 2007 Author Share Posted May 3, 2007 Now this is great news. I'd never even thought about how wasteful apple are, just how expensive.And that greenmyapple site looks really slick. Thanks ColdFusion for the informative piece. No Problem. Yeah I like the GreenMyApple site too; it does make you think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted May 3, 2007 Share Posted May 3, 2007 Simania, i know what OLED is . my phone has it, i was saying that as they have led backlights now which save more power, hopefully they will get OLED screens by the end of the year, which will save even more power, and be thinner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cringemaster Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 OLED would be nice, but i hear they lose color over time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBK.Xscape Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 yea i was looking at OLED at wikipedia and it says that they only have a lifetime of OLED at the moment is only about 5,000 hours, but they are working on ones that could last up to 20,000 hours, so for now i dont think OLED is the thing to go with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 Thats why i gave room till the end of the year, hopefully by then they will last much longer, afaik the wikipedia is a bit outdated as the ones they have now made long lasting ones, they have also made blue ones that last much longer than previously, so all is good , + u can get extra high resolution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simania_NL Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 Simania, i know what OLED is . my phone has it, i was saying that as they have led backlights now which save more power, hopefully they will get OLED screens by the end of the year, which will save even more power, and be thinner Sorry Kiko should have known you we're joking and me also hopes the OLED screens hurry up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 i wasnt joking in the first post, but meh whatever , im just misunderstood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidolon Posted May 4, 2007 Share Posted May 4, 2007 ive been waiting years to ditch my crts i fear these might be the lcd to finally do me over.. bye bye money:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i1sam Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 More reasons now that I should hold on to my macbook CD until next year, maybe by then, there will be OLED macbook pro with core quad, leopard, ilife and iwork 07 and under $2000 for the minimum config. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soündless Posted May 6, 2007 Share Posted May 6, 2007 More reasons now that I should hold on to my macbook CD until next year, maybe by then, there will be OLED macbook pro with core quad, leopard, ilife and iwork 07 and under $2000 for the minimum config. my thoughts exactly, just i have an mbp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdFusion Posted May 7, 2007 Author Share Posted May 7, 2007 Looks like we might see updates to the Macbook Pro and the Macbook fairly soon. Digitimes reports that Apple has been requesting 13 and 15 inch samples from manufacturers and that shipping will officially commence in the second or third quarter of 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 That's good news. My one concern is that LEDs suffer from a gradual loss of efficiency, potentially reducing to 50% of the original light output after daily use for a year (reference here) - as anyone who has used LED nightlights can confirm. Let's hope that Apple looks at the technology very carefully before making a choice, or they will have floods of unhappy users with dim displays... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubric Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Looks like we might see updates to the Macbook Pro and the Macbook fairly soon. Digitimes reports that Apple has been requesting 13 and 15 inch samples from manufacturers and that shipping will officially commence in the second or third quarter of 2007. cool. im waiting for the update of the MacBook before getting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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