Follow Up--Greaves vs Apple Computer, Inc. [sic] MacBook/Pro Display Suit

To make the record clear on yesterday's commentary on the Greaves vs Apple Computer, Inc. [sic] lawsuit, reader Gary Kostur pointed us to an Apple article that provides the pixel bit rate for Core Duo and Core 2 Duo models of the MacBook and MacBook Pro displays. The article confirms that they all have 6-bit pixels yielding 24-bit color depth, not 8-bit pixels with 32-bit color depth. It also states that each "... shows up to millions of colors..." but does not mention dithering.

17" iMac Core Duo and Core 2 Duos have 6-bit pixels like the 'Books and "The graphics card temporally dithers the 6 bits per component to show up to millions of colors."

20" and 24" iMac Core Duo and Core 2 Duos have 8-bit pixels "...to show up to millions of colors."

In summary, the only specific mention of dithering is for the 17" Intel-based iMacs. [Bill Fox]