The LED backlight revolution continues and this time it’s Apple that goes greener. DailyTech mentions that his Jobs-ness has plans to eliminate all fluorescent-based LCDs on Macs by the end of 2007, in favor of more energy efficient LED backlight display technologies. We’ve already seen the usability benefits of a brighter LED screen in UMPCs (shown), not to mention the positive impact on battery life; a gain of 10% in the portable power area isn’t uncommon.
This might be a bold statement, but I’ll put it out there for comments: at this point, every mobile computing OEM should either have LED backlit products or have plans to migrate their lines to offer LED backlit products in the near future. Aside from providing increased brightness, this is a great way to eek out a little more battery life, which is one of the top issues we face today in mobile computing.
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