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13'' MacBook Screens Quietly Upgraded in April

Computerworld digs up evidence that the 13" Aluminum MacBook appears to have gotten a quiet screen upgrade as of late April. The blog post references findings by MacRumors forum members fuz10n and hellfire88. Hellfire88 had access to both a Unibody MacBook from November as well as one of the newer ones and posted comparison shots. The two screen model numbers are 9C89 and 9CA5 respectively.

It can be hard to see the differences in the photos, but the user also describes them in day to day use:

I personally see a difference in person when I use them both, but others may not. The newer one seems to have much deeper blacks and better contrast. I'm not sure its as good as the screens in the uMBP's but IMHO its definately a "step-up" from the original uMB screens.

Computerworld reports that the new screens are similar to, if not exactly the same, as the screens found in the MacBook Air. Retail Apple Stores that have been checked seem to still have the original (worse screen) units on display.

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35 months ago
How close are they to the ones used in the airs?
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35 months ago
Very interesting... what a great find by Computerworld!
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35 months ago
Hopefully they aren't the same as the Air, or there will be a bunch with Grey Lines.
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35 months ago
Queue the early purchasers of the uni-macbook mad at apple for scr@wing them over lol... I'm one of them... Granted we knew what we were buying... but that stings a little...
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35 months ago
One less excuse to get MBA over the MB.
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35 months ago
Makes sense if they're rebranding it as a MBP.
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35 months ago
I love it when little secrets like this get exposed. Nice to see that they do improve parts between revs.
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35 months ago
At least I can now recommend the MacBook and not feel like crap when I see them using that ugly screen. The display from the older White MBs was horrid and even the new uMBs weren't that nice. Here's to nicer displays on all Mac laptops.
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35 months ago
that's a really good upgrade. The screen was once reason i bought a mbp over the mb
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35 months ago
Interesting if true. I returned a MB for the Air and love the screen - line free.;) Now if they could only ditch that glass....
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