Does anyone keep this active on their MBP?
I find the screen keeps dimming everytime I bring my hand over the left speaker area so I eventually had to disable it.
The other question I had is regarding the LED screen. Does running it at a higher level of brightness affect its lifespan?
I ran my old laptop (6 yo) at the highest setting all the time. While I never noticed any dimming when using it, I can definitely see a massive drop in brightness when comparing it to my MBP or even the desktop monitors I have around the house. (Not to mention a significantly darkened splotch near the bottom of the screen)
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your old laptop had a light bulb pushing the screen, LEDs are much better, and last a lot longer with degredation.
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masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook
hard to make certain assessments about LED backlighting, as its new consumer tech. should last longer. i also found the ambient light sensors annoying and turned it off.
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I turned it off, I prefer manually adjusting the brightness.
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yep turned it off as well. i wouldn't worry about the screen just use the screen as much and at a level you want for as long as you need, the computer will kick it before the screen will.
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hoolyproductions Notebook Evangelist
yeah I turned it off, it's annoying.
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I keep mine on, I dont keep my hands around the sensors constantly that it bugs me.
And its useful when the bus goes under a bridge or something, and it automatically dims.
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Kind of Off Topic...my MacBook doesn't have an Ambient Light Sensor, but my iPod Touch does, and I love it. When I'm outside, the screen gets brighter, when its pitch dark the screen dims. I guess it seems the MBP's Ambient Light Sensor isn't really appreciated
(maybe there's a flaw, I don't know).
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really? i had no idea ipod touches have that feature
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could be the huge plastic case I have engulfing the unit! -
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My Macbook doesn't have it but my MBA does and it works like a charm, I love it when the sensor senses low lightening conditions and adjusts it for me automatically for both display and keyboard.
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The MacBook Air one is "OK." It doesn't drive me quite as mad as the MBP, but it's still not perfect. If you're in a room with shadows and someone walks past you and the sensor picks it up, there goes your screen brightness up and down and up and down. I still can't help but think that light sensors on laptops will never fully work because of these reasons...
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for the first time in over 5 months the ambient light sensor annoyed me today, i was typing on the floor though so my hands were in a skewed position. i love the feature
Ambient Light Sensor
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by asmallchild, Apr 28, 2008.