MacBook Oddities

By brock on Mon 9 Feb 2009, 9:03 pm

Every now and then I notice a pixel on my MacBook Pro display that's stuck on white. This pixel has a 1-pixel wide light gray border. And it isn't a dead pixel in the display - it appears in different places in the display at different times.

Now, just what in the hell am I supposed to do about that?

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Mathematically determine the

Submitted by Brie (not verified) on Mon 9 Feb 2009, 11:42 pm.

Mathematically determine the location of its next appearance and draw a black pixel on it with whatever Apple's version of MS Paint is (Photoshop I suppose)... That will cancel it out, thereby fixing your LCD.

[...] that dot that’s been

Submitted by MacBook Oddities, Round Two - Brock Boland (not verified) on Mon 16 Feb 2009, 9:38 pm.

[...] that dot that’s been showing up on my MacBook Pro display?  I caught it!  It’s definitely not a dead pixel or anything like that, since I was able to [...]

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